CREATING MOODS
Project 5
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How Music Can Change A Film
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Tension and Relaxation |
Musical Elements that produce tension
1. Repetition – of almost anything 2. Jagged Articulations 3. Dramatic Devices 4. Increased Volume 5. Wide Intervals – especially ascending 6. Non- Chord Tones 7. Dissonant Harmony 8. Ascending Lines 9. Extreme Register of Instruments 10. Alternating Directions 11. Emphasis on Passing Tones |
Musical Elements that produce Relaxation
1. Decreased volume 2. Notes of longer duration 3. Smoothness in articulation 4. Silence 5. Descending lines 6. Rest or Space 7. Emphasis on chord tones 8. Consonant Harmony |
Hulk Ending Theme - SAD
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Click above for YouTube videos on instruments and how they can be used to create moods
ASSIGNMENT 1
"Create a theme that evokes FEAR"
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ASSIGNMENT 2
"Create a theme that evokes SADNESS"
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ASSIGNMENT 3
Create a theme that evokes one of the following: HAPPINESS / ROMANTIC / ADVENTURE / ACTION
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ASSIGNMENT 4
"Create a theme that evokes COMEDY"
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ASSIGNMENT 5 - FINAL
"Create Fear, Sadness, Happiness, and Comedy as one music file, using several music tracks"
"Create Fear, Sadness, Happiness, and Comedy as one music file, using several music tracks"
- Create ONE music file, using several tracks to create a ONE MINUTE piece that demonstrates FEAR > SADNESS > HAPPINESS > COMEDY.
- Use at least 4 tracks of music.
- You may use the Loop Library / Record your own clips.
- The file should start with 10-20 seconds of FEAR, then 10-20 seconds of SADNESS, then 10-20 seconds of HAPPINESS, then 10-20 seconds of COMEDY.
- Save as: "Project 5, Final, LAST NAME"