Informative Speech Outline
Topic: Why is Music Important to Film
General Purpose: To Inform
Specific Purpose: To tell my audience the critical importance of music in film
Thesis: Music in Film is important for three main reasons: adds emotion, helps the film flow better, adds or takes away meaning.
I. Introduction
A. Attention-getter: “There’s a very basic human, non-verbal aspect to our need to make music and use it as part of our human expression. It doesn’t have to do with body movements, it doesn't have to do with articulation of a language, but with something spiritual.” - John Williams
B. Reason to listen: Music is one of the most important things in everyone’s culture.
C. Thesis statement: Music is essential in film because of
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First, I will explain how music in film can add many different emotions.
2. Second, I will explain how music helps add or take away certain meaning to a film.
3. Finally, I will discuss how film music can be used outside of movies.
II. Music adds emotional elements, it adds or takes away meaning from film, and it can be used in ways other than movies.
A. Music can be very powerful in effecting people’s emotions in film. It can make the view feel sad, happy, angry, and confused all in just 90 minutes.
1. According to bestbinauralbeats.org article How Music Affects Our Mood (2013), when we listen to music and the rhythm it gives us “Our hearts begin to synch with it.” A faster rhythm causes our brains to be filled with excitement, while a slower rhythm tells are brain that something sad is happening.
2. Musical tones are also important. A “major key” suggest something cheerful to our brain. A “minor key” sends something more soft and sad to our brains (2013).
a. An example of this is when there is an action scene taking place during a film, the tone will be more upbeat, and use major keys, which causes its viewer to be more excited for what is
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For instance, if a couple is having a break up in a film, then soft and sad music might be added, to help the viewer better understand the importance of the scene taking place.
b. In doing this, films become more meaningful because of the added element of music.
Transition: Music can add so much to a film, but film music or scores can also be used in different ways.
C. Film Scores can be used for other uses than just being heard by an audience watching a film.
1. Film scores are a great thing to listen to when working out. The UK Telegraph spoke to psychology researcher Costas Kara. at Brunel University about this topic, “Hearing music you associate with peak performance will fire areas of the brain that deal with long term memory,” Dr. Kara. says. “It can inspire and help shift up a person’s gears.” (2015).
2. Film scores can also help students when studying. Psychology doctor William Klemm talks about this in his article Does Music Help Memory. According to Klemm, listening to positive, upbeat, and lyric-less music can allow are memories to be more open to what we are consuming (2013).
III. Conclusion
A. Review of Main Points:
1. Today I first discussed how music in movies can add
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