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D IY G
raders Send your video link to the follow
ing grader according to the first letter of your last nam e
V ideo links need to be either on Youtube
or V ideo. If G
oogle D rive be sure to “share” video w
ith your assigned grader and send them
the link.
A –D
: Kevin (kta@ um
ass.edu)
E–L: Cece (yuxizhou@
um ass.edu
)
M -S: Ifat (igazia@
um ass.edu
)
T –Z: N
ora (nsuren@ um
ass.edu)
Send your V im
eo or Youtube links to the correct
grader or the project w ill N
O T be graded
D IY
ProjectD escription
(Paper) M
U ST
be printed
out, stapled,and handed
in no
later than Tuesday,D
ecem ber 10
th
The D
IY Project M
U ST
dem onstrate
both aesthetic and
technical aspects of w
riting and/or im
age production
from our course
m aterial.
Descriptive Paper M
U ST
reference course
m aterial
(i.e. use term inology from
the course to discuss your creative process and the production)in
order to explain
the scope,goal,and
style of the
particular D IY
Project you’ve chosen
and how you w
ent about creating it. Paper m
ust LEA D
w ith the Log Line for your project
Pop Q uiz Six
Take Five M inutes to review
your notes from last w
eek’s classes This w
ill be a closed-note pop quiz
Pop Q uiz Six
Provide a definition for each of the follow ing film
term s:
1) D
iegetic Sound
2) N
on-D iegetic Sound
Function ofM
usic? W
hat roles can m usic play in film
s and television?
Function ofM
usic? W
hat roles can m usic play in film
s and television?
O verture
O rientation
Foreshadow ing
InternalStates
M usic
and Character
Function ofM
usic
M usic and Character
Can you think of an exam ple of a fam
ous m usical them
e that is associated w
ith a film character?
Function ofM
usic
M u
sic an d
C h
aracter
Fo r
Exam p
le: Sau
ram o
n ’s
Th em
e vs.Th
e Sh
ire Th
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at is th e effect o
f each o
f th ese leitm
o tif’s?
Return ofthe
Jedi John
W illiam
s (com
p)
D escribe D
arth Vader’s
leitm otif?
Return ofthe
Jedi John
W illiam
s (com
p)
H ow
does his
leitm otifw
ork differently
in this
scene?
M usic and/in Film
Convey M
eanings
Juxtaposition ofM
usic and
Im ages
Lyrics can propel story but can also run the risk of being too literal
Retain Integrity
(on it’s
ow n)
D escriptive
(e.g. m ickeym
ousing, non-diegetic)
Collaboration w ith
M usic
Com posers
Translate source dram
a into M
usic
--Contribute M usic during production
--After production w raps
--H elp shape story from
beginning
D ead
M an
Jim Jarm
usch (D ir)and
N eilYoung
(Com p)
“M akah
Village” M
usic Cue
“… w
ith just
a guitar, com
posed the entire
soundtrack for
a film
” ----Blind
Carre
D iscussion
Q uestion
s 1.
H ow
w ould
you describe
the m
usic cue
for this scene?
2. W
hat is the
effect ofthis m
usic to
the scene?
3. H
ow does
the m
usic m
eet or challenge our expectations
ofa m
usicalscore for a
W estern?
G rizzly
M an
(2005)
W erner H
erzog— D
irector H
enry Kaiser—
M usic
producer Richard
Thom pson—
Com poser
“In the
Edges: The G rizzly
M an
Session” A
behind the
scenes look
at producing m
usic for the
feature docum
entary about Tim
othy Treadw
ell’s life
and death
am ong
grizzly bears
This scene
show s
an im
prom ptu
celli duo set to
a grizzly
bearfight recorded
by Treadw
ell.
M usic and Film
Katy Perry:PartofM
e (2012)
M usic D
ocum entary
Childish G am
bino – “This Is A
m erica”, M
usic V ideo
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nS4cM Y
W arning: this video contains violence
O K G
o – “I W
on’t Let You D
ow n”,M
usic Video
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