music - film study

CHORDS{ minor - sad tone 
                { major - upbeat, happy music, tone


TEMPO { fast - energetic, intense, gain interest
              { slow - bored, lazy, lethargic


DYNAMICS { loud - energy, intense, rising action
                      { quite - background,  make you focus, builds tension



slow
minor
loud
sleepy and calm


WHAT SCENE: opening scene

TECHNIQUES: minor chords - tired
                          - slow tempo
                          - gained volume - builds intensity
                          - non diegetic sound

AUDIENCE FEEL:- sad scene, foreshadowing, interesting

DIRECTORS PURPOSE: build emotion/atmosphere



minor
volume building up
non diegetic sound
sad

WHAT SCENE: the reaping - music starts when katniss walks to the stage

TECHNIQUES: minor chords 
                           slow
                           dynamics - gains volume then drops then builds


AUDIENCE FEEL: emotional eery, melancholic, ominous

DIRECTORS PURPOSE: foreshadowing sadness, katniss has just volunteered, will most likely be eliminated
let us feel katniss emotions on a more personal level




sad/low
minor
slow
non-diegetic sound

WHAT SCENE: farewell for rue

TECHNIQUES: minor chords
                           slow to medium tempo
                           dynamics - builds to forte

AUDIENCE FEEL: katniss greif, sorrow, misery, anger at the unfair death of her friend

DIRECTORS PURPOSE: makes us feel katniss emotion
more intense than if we heard her scream, makes us notice more
uses music to tell us the pain she feels