Music and Film
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Studio Head( Mogul) | Responsible for direction studio takes; decides on personnel, genres, styles, budgets |
| Producer | Most responsible for the nuts and bolts of a production; chooses property and brings together the writer, director to determine the shape the production will take. |
| Writer | Turns producer's property (novel, play) into the final shooting script |
| Director | The creative center of a production; may choose key creative personnel. |
| Cinematographer | Works with director to determine the look of the film; insuring visual consistency |
| Film Editor | Shapes the tangle of celluloid; hundreds of shots of varying length; |
| Art Director(Production Designer) | Responsible for the design of a film project |
| Sound Editor | Creates the film's soundtrack; combines dialogue, sound effects, and music track into an effective aural complement to the film images. |
| Motif | "Motive" you develop or alter the story with melody and rhythm. |
| Leit Motif | Motive associated with a person or place. |
| Composer | Views the assembled film with the producer and/or director to determine the general direction of the score. |
| ADR | Automatic dialogue replacement (post-production) |
| Best boy | Cheif assistant to gaffer |
| Gaffer | Chief electrician |
| Grip | Loads and unloads equipment |
| Key grip | Determines grip equipment needed. |
| Lab technician | Develops negative of film; inspects and cleans printed film. |
| matte artist | Facilitates the combining of painted backgrounds with live action. |
| Unite publicist | Writes press releases and places stories and articles in magazines and newspapers. |
| Why music in silent Film | It covers up projector noise, audience entertainment, cover up awkward silence. |
| 5 principles of Sound Effects | Foley, Dialogue(ADR), Designed sound, Creature, Ambient. |
| What was the famous silent Film of the 1900's | Jazz Singer, 1927-1928 |
| What instruments are used in silent film | Piano, Pipe organ, phonograph |
| Mickey Mousing | The music explain the emotions and actions of a character |
| Types of Mickey mousing | Direct, and conceptual |
| what type of MM is King Kong | Direct |
| What type of MM is Gone with the wind | Conceptual (Not visual) |
| Inventor of Mickey Mousing | Max Steiner |
| What film is an example of moodsetting and who created it. | Song of Burnadett, Alfred Newman |
| What are the 5 process of scoring a film | Why, Where, When, What, Who |
| Why | Initial meeting |
| Where/When | Spotting Session |
| What | Composing |
| Who | Orchestration |
| Two other processes of scoring | Recording, and Dubbing |
| Motif | Melody and Rhythm (theme song) |
| Source | Music that has independent form that is apart from the movie and actors are meant to hear it. (Radio, Guitar) |
| Under Score | Relies on film for structure and direction. (Actors cannot hear this form of music) |
| 3 stages of film production | Pre-production, Production, Post-production. |
| 2 big categories of music | Source and Underscore. |
| 4 properties of sound | Frequency, Volume, Duration, Timbre. |
| Categories of Under Scoring | Leit Motif, Mickey Mousing, and mood setting. |
| Spotting Session | Character, setting, action |
| Film example of Leit Motif | Jaws (Steven Spilberg, director) ( John Williams, composer) |
| Form | The structure of how the music is organized. |
| Music Form | A B(row your boat) ABAB' (Primary compound form) AABA' (Standard song form) |
| Where does source music get its form | Musical Traditions |
| 6 ingredients of music | Melody, Harmony, rhythm, timbre, dynamics/articulation, form |
| 3 crews of sound | Sound effects, dialogue, music. |
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