Part I: Five Easy Pieces (1970) Based on the conversation between Bobby and his girlfriend, it is obvious that his girlfriend has a strong interest at country music and wants to sing some of those pieces. This let us understand the popularity of country music during that time, and it somehow reflects the social background of Bobby and his girlfriend. Back into that time, country music is more accessible to the public, and it relates better with people’s daily lives. According to the lyrics of this song, it talks about how a girl should support her man, and without saying that Rayette is Bobby’s girlfriend, only by listening to this song, we can figure out their relationship. The lyrics help us to understand better that maybe sometimes Rayette …show more content…
This relates to the usage of sound effects in Raiders of the Lost Ark because it uses many non-musical sound effects in the film as well. For the insect scene in this clip, the non-musical sound effect actually is loud, and it makes the audience be aware of it and listen to it carefully. Unlike other sound effects we saw at early films that they usually makes it less important than the music that they used in the film. The similarity between this film and Raiders of the Lost Ark is that they both make the sound effects become obvious to the audience and it is easier for the audience to notice them. There are also insect scenes (at the beginning the spider scene) in the Raiders of the Lost Ark, and John Williams also emphasizes the use of non-musical sound effect at there. All this shows that the non-musical sound effects become more important for films because it can set the atmosphere and the tone of the film just as music can do, and moving into the contemporary and modernism era, the music we hear in the film somehow is more atonal and experimental, which it makes it even harder to argue about the harmonic and ,melodic difference between sound effects and
The vast majority of sound used in the film is non-diegetic, especially the musical ideas, which is
In this film, John Williams revived the technique of using leitmotif –a recurring musical theme or melody associated with a particular person, place, object, or idea that is “characterized by a single harmonic or rhythmic trait” (Brown 15). In films, leitmotifs are melodies or musical phrases inserted into a specific character’s music background specified. It was originally developed by Richard Wagner and commonly used in his¬¬ operas during the Golden Age. These are used by film music composers
One of the techniques used to promote fear and suspense into the audience is the use of the music. This technique makes the audience afraid of the shark, whenever the theme song is played the audience is to expect another horrific attack from the deadly shark, which adds a lot of suspense and build-up to the scences following. Spielberg uses this particular sound to build-up the scene, such as in the beginning when the shark attacks the girl swimming. Spielberg uses this non-diegetic sound which is only heard by the audience, not by any of the characters in the film. A non-diegetic sound defined by film sound says, a sound neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be prese...
The films musical score alerts the viewer to an approaching attack of the shark and they automatically build this association with the music in their mind. Horror films often make use of high string instrument notes that irritate viewers and increase tension. Music plays an important role in film editing and the editor must choose its placement wisely to ensure its intended effect on the viewer’s mind and
In the 1940’s, top songs included Bill Monroe’s “Blue Moon of Kentucky,” “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke!” by Tex Williams, and Hank Williams’ “Lovesick Blues.”2 These songs share similarities with today’s hot country songs, such as Luke Bryan’s “Drink a Beer,” “Carolina” by Parmalee, and Cassadee Pope’s “Wasting All These Tears.”3 We find we can draw common themes over the seven decades of music, such as leisure activities, southern states, and heartbreak. Further research conducted by Kakde, Ghanekar, and Sindhu of Kavi Associates to test their text reader program was performed using Billboard’s top 20 Country songs from the years 1985 to 2010. Their findings confirmed the themes of heartbreak and country life as well as identifying others such as family, religion, and memories. In an analysis of the frequency of these themes, country life was sung about most often, followed by heartbreak and family. The states most often sung about include Texas, Alabama and Tennessee; with many other southern states maintaining multiple lyrical mentions of their own.4 This data confirms
In brief, the audience can see how this 1931 sound film could be shaped by sound in a number of ways. Considering that sound at this time was a new phenomenon it is understood why mostly diegetic sound was used over nondiegetic sound. This director also showed the audience how the story could be affected by sound with examples like the clock becoming a character and storyline of its own and also the murderer being identified with his whistling. With the lack of sound and the collage of images during specific times, the director was able to create a mood without music or sound. Apparently this was a technique that was learned throughout his many years of silent films. These details were what brought the story together and would not have been done so precisely without the technique of sound.
Some scores actually prove so important to a film that they become so well-known themselves that you cannot to begin to think of the film and not think of the music involved. In this film, it is the sound of the shark, the duh-dun, which I believe had the greatest impact on the audience as it helps build up tension, to let us know when the shark is approaching. The music is introduced slowly and quietly and the buildup of the slow tempo which eventually crashes into a louder pitch creates suspense, tension, and fear because as the tempo becomes quick, it is an indication the shark is closer. In a simple yet terrifying scene we see two fishermen attempting to capture the shark by using a roast to use as bait. They put a large hook through the roast and fasten the chain to the pier, and toss in the bait into the ocean. As soon the shark takes the bait we hear the music of the shark and right away the suspense happens. The shark rips the pier loose and drags it out into the ocean with one of the fisherman caught in the wreck. As the man attempts to swim back to shore we see the pier turn around and head back to shore. As soon as this happens the music gets louder and the tempo begins to increase. As the man swims back to shore and pier follows the tempo increases even more building up the tension as to whether or not this man make it safely to shore. It isn’t until the man is able to
In films the sound plays a major role in how the film is portrayed. The sound effects the tone of the show as well. The sound in E.T. has a lot of diegetic and nondiegetic sounds going on throughout the film. The diegetic sound is when we first start the movie and there are owls sounds and people running through the woods. Sounds like these also appear in Stranger Things.
Also, even those music that are performed by the orchestra, it is more in atonal and really has very little harmonic and melodic effects. By creating music like this, it somehow creates the mystery feelings and that fits the whole concept since finding the Ark is a very mystery journey and everything is unpredictable and I think the music really captures
Music can decipher a narrative event by indicating a perspective. To unify a set of diverse images and provide rhythmic and formal continuity and momentum, a film’s structure is more often than not, directly articulated by a musical structure. Music can assist the dialogue and visuals of film and often is inaudible (e.g. music is meant to be heard unconsciously, not consciously). Music has been used by directors to reinforce or strengthen certain weak scenes in film and then on the other hand when music is not needed to reinforce a scene
Sound as we discuss in our discussion question section, sound plays a significant role in every scene, it helps the audience in many ways such as to know the audience what is going to happen or to get the into the character. Now on days many directors increase realism brought on by sound inevitable forced acting styles to become more natural the scene can be identifying a digetic sound. Many people may think that the sound effect that a director use in a movie, novella or documentary is the same, they are totally confused, its two types of sound such as digetic sound and non digetic sound
A listener could possibly see it as Lil Peep trying to pick up a girl from the club and gets rejected because she has a boyfriend, so Peep goes off to fight this dude to claim his girl for a night. Understanding the meaning of the song can be a bit difficult, but if you follow verse by verse, you can see that Peep is trying to get his significant other back because of how they loved him. Lil Peep wants that last chance with his past relationship; he provides that in the song with “One more chance, baby, gimme a kiss. Ya got one more chance at a night like this” (Lil Peep). Peep meant his words, he meant his feelings, he just plasters that all over the wall and proves that what he is saying is what he is
The role of music in modern film has a large impact on the audience. Wether its creating suspense, release, building up a a scene, breaking down a scene, or attracting attention to certain characters or objects, music undoubtably makes a difference on how these movies are presented. When looking at music in modern film, three general tendencies can be noted from each example. The incorporation of the principles established by Wagner’s music dramas; the assimilation of ever-changing trends in popular music; and the constant search for fresh, new sounds, including resources from across the globe, are the three general tendencies noted. While each composer created an individual sound, these tendencies are found in each listening example presented
Country Music is everywhere. It may come blaring from a neighbor’s house, blasting the radio from a car or truck, or even playing quietly in a restaurant; but why exactly is Country Music so popular for people to listen to? When it comes to Country Music, the lyrics comes straight from the artist`s hearts where people can relate to them; the rhythm and beat are unique to the specific song, and the artist knows exactly how to tell a perfect story in the song.
There are thousands of movie composers in the music industry, a few who triumph and whose work is well known to almost half of the world. One example of that can be the famous Maestro John Williams. John Williams is the musician for Jaws, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, E.T and lots more. But there is a piece which everyone recognizes, and that is the theme from the movie Jaws. Imagine Jaws without the music. People would not feel scared; they would laugh at the plastic shark. And that is why music is one of the most important elements in cinema. John Williams in a late interview said this: “The music is part of a whole, which if I try as a composer to take that part of the whole, like in a concerto. I would not succeed, because the attention would go only for the music and not for the picture” (John Williams Interview). In Jaws, the music blends with the picture and acting; there are no imbalances. The picture and the music need to be in perfect harmony. Therefore, in Jaws, every time the daring melody comes out; the audience knows something bad is going to happen, and the music may anticipate a particular situation, but without the music overpowering the actors and sound effects.