In this scene from Star Wars Episode 5, Empire Strikes Back. We see the Rebels facing off against the Empires merciless weapons. The AT-ATs in the icy planet of Hoth.
In this scene we see our heroic hero Han Solo captured by the empire and is about to meet the deadly torture device. While the sinister Darth Vader talks to bounty hunter Boba Fett about Solo's capture.
Lastly, we have this scene were Yoda demonstrates to Luke and R2-D2 the spiritual power of the force. By moving Lukes starship.
The following I am going to be discussing is three Science Fiction film scores and I will be discussing the instruments, tempo, pitch and its durations.
The first science fiction score I will be discussing is the 1980s sci-fi film E.T. The score starts off very slowly and as the song progresses around the 30 to 45second mark. It gradually becomes louder and louder it tones of instruments being used. Like a piano and a violin and as the song becomes in fruition and becomes established, the song begins to fade out with only a little of the piano being played.
The second science fiction film I will be analysing is a classic. Star Wars. The theme of Star Wars starts of with a bang. With an orchestra playing various instruments and the orchestra carries on to play. Adding different instruments and eventually after a few minutes of this classic piece, the song eventually fades out with only what sound likes a keyboard being played and a few instruments fading into the background.
Finally the last movie I will be analysing is 2001: A Space Odyssey. This piece of music will sound familiar as it is the theme song for the legendary Ric Flair. The song starts of what sounds like a keyboard being played and eventually drums would be included and a full course orchestra would be playing and sound would change and carry on but would carry on being loud and when it finished, it instantly finishes. No build up, just full on silence.
The following song that I am
going to be analysing is from the 1966 western classic, the good, the bad and
the ugly. I am going to be telling you why I chose the song, the effect on the
narrative and on the audience.
Ecstasy of gold is one of the
greatest orchestra pieces that were ever created for film. The life it gives
into the classic western adds so much positivity and adds life into the film.
In fact, the song is played during a cemetery scene which is kind of the
opposite of the music you would think would be played in a cemetery.
The effect it has on the
narrative is a sense of hope and a sense of joy in the film. The movie is an
adventure film, to find the gold. And when you watch the movie. You! The
audience are a part of this journey to find the gold along with all these
characters.
The effect the song has on
the audience is a very adventurous type. It gives life to the movie. It also
gives out a sense of hope, not just for the film. But for us as humans for the
sound and how adventurous it is. It makes us want to go and find the gold is
well and embark on this journey too.
When music is used in films. It creates an emotion for the viewer, when they are watching the movie. Many of these feelings could be… that the music is mixed with the movement of the characters emotion. Music is also there to create a vibe for the location, the emotion of the characters and also how would the audience feel with the use of music that is played.
1. Diegetic - The sound that can be heard during a scene or throughout the entire film.
2. Non-Diegetic - The sound that is not natural part of the scene, but is added to create an emotion for example a music score or a narrator.
3. Ambient - A sound used to create a particular atmosphere or a sense of place.
4. SFX - Short for sound effects.
5. Mood - An emotion that the characters feel, that makes the audience have a similar emotion is well.
6. Tone - Sound that references to the scene.
7. Genre - A style or category of a movie e.g. action, adventure, sci-fi or horror.
8. Theme music - A piece of a music made specifically for the movie.
9. Voiceover - A technique where an individuals voice is being played, it is usually done to add effect or add something to the story.
10. Musical Score - A piece of music that is played doing the duration of the film. Which is used to make a scene more special.
11. Synchronous sound - A sound used to match whats going on to a very specific scene.
12. Asynchronous sound - A piece of music used to give out emotion.
13. Contrapuntal - Two pieces of music that is merged together.
14. Silence - When sound is not heard throughout the scene which adds an emotion to that scene.
15. Selective sound - Sound used for one scene, for the reason so it matches what is going on.
16. Sound bridges - A piece of music that carries on from one scene to another.
After watching the opening clip of Sherlock Holmes. The sounds that are Diegetic are the sounds of guns getting cocked up, ready to load as shown in the clip. Another sound in the opening is the window being broken by Sherlock Holmes (played by Robert Downey Jr) to escape the grasps of what looks like the police. Thirdly another sound is the sound of a what looks like a crow flying and roaring as it is shown for only a few seconds. Finally, the last diegetic was the sounds of the horses hooves and the neighing being heard loudly in the entire scene.
The sound that was Non-Diegetic was when you heard throughout the entire scene a score. It started quietly with what sounded like a piano. Then eventually drums could be heard along with a full course orchestra being heard throughout the entire scene. This makes the scene more dramatic and more intense and grips the audience more and more to find out whats going to happen.
Sound is very important to a movie. The definition of sound is vibration. It works on vibrating waves. Another important thing about sound is the ton of the sound. Which is a volume which ranges from loud, quite, loud pitch ect.
A very important piece of the movie is the sound. This is called Diegetic Sound. This is sound that is part of the movie. Like the noises being heard in the background, to when the characters speak to one another which is dialogue. The opposite to Diegetic Sound is, Non-Diegetic sound. This is sound that is not coming from the movie but from different types of media like music, soundtrack. Another sound that is in the film is called Ambient. Which is the background sound that is heard in the movie. For example the surroundings in the area or the glorious rain.
On the 29th of September 2014. Me and a group of friends where filming 10 second shots of the following subjects. Which was the "Environment". The idea was too capture the subject, but to also pan out in a very gentle and very fluent way and not make it look like a shaky £0 budget movie.
The first shot I took was by the Digbeth Custard Factory. It was the curve tunnel that a lot of individuals would go pass on a day to day basis. My idea was too start filming from there, then after 10 seconds I would pan out and I would make the shot more wider and thus showing the bridge. The whole filming process was very enjoyable however, my only gripe was that when I was filming a lot of habitants would pass by and though it wasn't there fault (being I was in there way) the shot could have finished ages ago.
The next shot I was going to take was of a weirdly designed yet a very unique, colourful graffiti piece. After those 10 seconds I would pan to show the three lads who where in my group, posing by the wall. Where next I would move the camera to the left to show the rest of the environment. Out of the filming that I did on the day. This was easily the easiest too do. It was simple, there was hardly anyone around and It was done just like that.
After doing "Environment" pieces we would then move on too show people working, in the different environments. I did mine last after everyone in the group. The idea was too show my three classmates, one of them looking at a mirror, while the other two had a piece of paper and where looking at it. Which had something to do with directions. This piece was easily my weakest because even though I had the panning right, I felt I could have done something a lot more original and a lot to do with the subject. Another gripe, was the fact that a few inhabitants got into the film which was all my fault cause I couldn't stop the video in time. But overall that day was a very educational and understandable day. On how to film and what to do and make it work and what doesn't work and what not to do when your filming. So that day in my mind was very helpful.
