music in films task 1

What is music

Well I find that music is a way to describe a way a person feels or how they have dealt with it. I also find it is note put together in a rhythm of Patterson to make a enjoyable sound to listen to

In films music is involved in so many ways, such as sound effects, background music, non-diegetic and diegetic. When we use music it helps us create a better film than a silent film will ever be. Even in silent films they used music which is added afterwards to emphasise what was happening on screen or going to. In films they have two sorts of music –music scores and music songs. Music scores are the sound effects in the film, such as piano melody speeding up to represent the scene, to establish or reinforce the mood of a scene, whereas the song is often written by a popular artist which sings about the journey of the character and what they have been through in the film, or the journey or character itself. In some films, such as High School Musical they break into a song where they want to express their feelings.

Film makers still use music to emphasise what is happening.  The music sometimes emphasises the real sounds in the scene. It can make the audience more aware of what is going on in the film.

Music is used to communicate emotions to the audience. If the film is getting more scary, they pick up the tempo; to get adrenaline going, for example, they use a drum for a heartbeat. The music can anticipate what can happen next in the film -In The Conjuring when the music box starts playing it creates an eerie feeling that something is going to happen. It can also be used to communicate what the characters are supposed to be feeling, e.g. in the film of Romeo and Juliet, the music is a sad piano melody, which makes it clear they are sad to be dying, even though they are happy to be together.

Music can also set the scene for the beginning of the movie. The scene can be neutral, but as soon as the music starts you know which direction the movie will take. It can also take you back to a time where they have set a scene or the film, for example, the Great Gatsby uses Jazz music with a modern twist to appeal to people today, but it still takes you back to the Jazz era.