To be able to exploit musical elements in an underscore to reflect the mood or setting in a film clip

Music

What musical element does this image represent?

Starts of in silence and then dynamics grow louder and louder.

Starts with a loud dynamics and stays like that throughout.

Starts with a quiet dynamic and diminuendos to silence.

How can dynamics be used to create tension in a film scene?

The change of pitch from high to low is associate with feeling lower and so a sad emotion is created.

The change of pitch from low to high is associate with feeling upset.

The pitch staying the same can represent a character getting upset.

How can pitch be used to create a sad emotion in a film?

Which musical idea could be used to make an audience jump in a film?

It can change the mood of the scene and how the audience feels.

What affect can music have on film scenes?

Strings are the quietest sounding instruments so need to be nearer the audience.

The audience like to watch the string players.

Why is the string family sat at the front of the orchestra?

Because film composers can play all the instruments in the orchestra.

Because the orchestra has so many instruments and so many different sonorities.

Because these instruments have been around since the classical era.

Why do you think film composers use the instruments of the orchestra?

It is from the percussion family and it makes a low booming sound.

It is from the strings family and it makes a smooth sad sound.

It is from the woodwind family and it makes a high fluttery sound.

What family does this instrument belong to and what sound does it make?

Which instrument uses a pizzicato technique?

Which musical idea fits this description -'a low pitch held continuously throughout a piece'?

Which musical idea fits this description - 'a group of notes played together which creates a clashing sound'?

Create suspense - you don't know what's happening.

Sad scene - makes you feel for the character.

What effect can a drone have during a film scene?