music+effects

MUSIC EFFECTS


 * What is the purpose of music in films:[[image:year8eng:effect-music-memory-200X200.jpg align="right" caption="effect-music-memory-200X200.jpg"]]**
 * gives the viewer a sense of time passing. This means the viewer should not be listening to the music but feeling it.
 * affect the visual field and the imagination.
 * together with visual elements, music in films create a powerful, emotive and sensory composition.


 * Types of musical sounds:**
 * __Hear what you see sounds:__ for example if a telephone rings and you see the phone in the frame.
 * __Ambient sounds/background sounds:__ are environmental sounds depending on where the characters are or where the scene is set. For example: a train station or a busy city.
 * __Underscore sounds:__ can generate an emotive sense to a scene that may not have any action or narrative. For example, an act as a musical narrative where there is no other sound or voice to emphasise plot changes or emotion shifts within the film.

Soundtrack techniques:
 * __Mickeymousing:__ is when the music blatantly matches the action. An example of this would be when King Kong climbs the Empire State building, the music likewise rises and falls with each of his movements.
 * __The Stinger:__ is a musical signal that prepares the audience for the dramatic events to follow. A heavy brass chord announces danger or when we hear a low sustained tone which creates mystery.
 * __Layering:__ aims to create a new, interesting sound out of two or more old, average sounds.

The Process:
 * most music is made up of many instruments played in rhythm and harmony with one another.
 * in the recording studio, these instruments are recorded onto separate tracks.
 * these tracks are then individually re-arranged and mixed to create the final product: a song.