Stranger Than Fiction Citation

The same applies to a dramatic scene where the music may be deep and frantic to convey to the audience the feeling of anticipation. A scene i would like to focus on is the scene in which Garry and his father have a final ‘showdown’, if you will, at the front of the house. The scene consists of the father imposing himself on Garry and proceeding to continually beat him down time after time only for Garry to rise up and face his father on each occasion. This scene evoked a feeling of pride and admiration from the audience as to Garry’s courage and determination to convey the message to his father that he is ready to stand on his own two feet and defy him. This is a very powerful scene within the movie which initiated powerful emotions within the audience. All of this was accomplished with the notable absence of music of any form. The omission of music in this scene created an atmosphere in which the dramatic affect was amplified due to the silence.

It can really make or break a scene. Sounds and music can add tense, suspense and can set the mood for a scene. The scene where Dave is escaping uses sounds to set the frantic mood. It sounds as if monsters and wolves are chasing him; while it was only men chasing him Dave remembers them as actual monsters. He refers to them as vampires and wolves throughout the movie. At the Christening you hear typical church music in the background, but Jimmy couldn’t help but be worried about his daughter that didn’t return home last night. You’re able to tell something is wrong when you hear the police sirens in the background and he turns around with a stern expression on his face. If it had just been the church music in the background him turning around be as significant to the movie. Suspenseful, tense music plays in the background anytime Dave talks about his past. The music shows how messed up he is in the head and lets on to how he’ll never be able to live a normal

He is able to use these parts to manipulate the audience’s emotions. The music playing from the car is an on-screen sound. As the man gets attacked, the volume increases. The sound helps intensify the scene that has been created by the film’s visual elements. The audience then subconsciously forms ideas, opinions, and feelings about what they are seeing. The viewers develop scared feelings as the scene intensifies to the happy upbeat tune. The increasing volume of the cheery song reflects the violence and the sinisterness of the scene. The song stops with the slamming of the car’s driver-side door as the man is abducted. There is a moment of silence and then a new song abruptly entered the silent scene. The music is non-diegetic and is an offscreen sound. The song is screechy, high pitched, and jagged sounding at first, continuing the anxious and scared mood. The song shifts into a sort of soulful hymn. The tone shifts along with the song. The audience begins to feel relieved and relaxes to the peaceful song.

For instance in "The Nightmare Before Christmas" there is a fine example of music/ sound affecting the mood when comparing the two towns (Christmas and Halloween). Both of the towns music represents the characters and the ideals that each town is set on. In Halloween town the music is dark, mysterious and contains snake charmer melodies showing that it is based on being scary and mysterious just like Halloween. The opposite of this is in Christmas town where the neighborhoods are filled with cheerful, upbeat, repetitive music which convey the happiness of Christmas and the townspeople in general. Music/Sound also has a major influence in "Edward Scissorhands". For instance in the segment of the movie where Edward has a flashback and the invention room is being showed you can hear the rhythmic thump to the machinery making cookies, this sound conveys to the audience a mysteriousness of the factory and the robots and questions what this has to do with Edward. In addition to this there is also a scene when Kim goes outside to see what Edward is doing and encounters him making snow from ice sculpture. She has never seen snow so when this interaction happens there is a melodic, angel music being placed with this scene. However when she ventures to close to Edward he accidentally slice her face

The music throughout the film plays a big role in the way it is perceived and the overall tone and message. The directors and producers used background noise and music very wisely in order to convey the emotions of a scene. In the movie, it reaches a certain point where it almost looks as though things are looking up for education. It is when the documentary starts describing the “new acting chancellor of the district of columbia schools”, during this scene the makers want you to really pay attention and become almost shocked by this turn of events. However, they do not only grab your attention by the words and clips shown, but also by the loud, upbeat music that is suddenly played while she is being announced. Also, later in the movie they use this same

     The music helped in elaborating this great film. As I mentioned in class different instruments helped create different moods for different scenes in the movie. We heard the cello and the violin to create sadness and remorse. The flute created eeriness and the trumpet created awareness. I thought these were instruments and tools that help make this film extraordinary.

However, Ellison makes a point to mention music in the prologue, and even chooses a specific song that deals with race to emphasize the hardships that the narrator must go through, while also building up a continued suspense throughout the novel as the reader questions how the narrator gets to the dark place his is in as he tries to identify with music. Although music was rarely brought up throughout the novel, its influence on the narrator is a sense of understanding as he reflects, “I think it must be because he's unaware that he is invisible. And my own grasp of invisibility aids me to understand his music” (Ellison 8). This emphasizes that the narrator is frustrated by the inability of others to see him as a complex individual and also strives to see that within

The idea that Harold knows he is going to die yet he has no control over it leads to a major life change. Harold starts becoming more spontaneous with his decisions do things. He no longer cares about routine but instead he starts to live a little and comes out of his comfort zone. He learns how to play the guitar and falls in love with Ana Pascal the woman he’s auditing. By experiencing life, the way it’s supposed to be lived we start to see what Harold crick’s character is truly like. His true character is shown when he meets the author that’s narrating his life and knows she is going to kill him. Harold accepts knowing he is going to die, and instead of trying to run from his death he accepts it. Harold knows he has to save the little boy from getting hit by the bus which would have killed him. His action gives us the greatest sense of Harold and his types

Throughout history sound has been used to help convey a story. As early as the 1900’s, without today’s technology, movies would often be accompanied by a soundtrack played on a piano or record players. In 1927 The Jazz singer was released, a warner bros movie that featured music and dialog on the actual filmstrip. This film is

The music in horror movies are very similar to our modern time music but not the same. It is a great way to scare you because the sound can turn suddenly loud and scary music can also create suspense. Jaws had the best music technique. One example was when the shark comes attack the music used there made the movie one of the best.For another example when there are on the beach the music was really calm lt all sudden change to scary music that is used when the shark comes attack The Others used music for a fake scare also at the end when they know they are dead also the beginning.signs hads sunden music scares that was really good for scaring people but jaw was the best.If you use good

Later on in the day, after a field trip to the local planetarium, Jim meets a group of kids that are troublemakers and want to fight with him. As a conversation begins, music also begins in the background, yet quickly changes when the gang wants trouble. The music becomes fast, louder, and more suspenseful. The style of mickeymousing, "type of score [that] uses music as a literal equivalent to the image" (Giannetti, 231), was also used in this same scene. Jim and the character of Buzz are fighting each other with knives, and at every jab of the knife the music changes and becomes more dramatic and even more suspenseful. It is said that, "music can serve as a kind of overture to suggest the mood or spirit of the film as a whole" (Giannetti, 233). Later on, James Dean's character is asking his father for advice, and the music becomes quiet, slow and mysterious. Another scene where the score plays a vital role in the atmosphere is during an argument with Jim and his parents. Jim and his father are yelling, and when Jim grabs his father as if to hit him, the music turns scary and very intense.

An example of this, is the rather long sequence, about 18 minutes in to the film, in which Scottie begins following “Madeline”. The dialogue is minimal and the entire sequence may as well be considered to be a 15 minute long silent film it was not for Hermann’s music. In this sequence the audience is taken on a journey with Scottie, in which the viewer follows Scottie driving through San Francisco, watching Madeline buying flowers, observing Madeline gazing at the painting of Carlotta, more driving, and so on. This journey would have absolutely no significance if it wasn’t for score playing in the background. The music adds an indescribable mystery that keeps the viewer completely hooked, eager to find out what will happen next.

This movie was a pretty accurate portrayal of a patient with dependent personality, multi-phobic personality disorder, extreme need for family connections and acute separation anxiety. This movie is not only funny to watch but also a psychological movie for counselors to

     The music is appropriated to the visual images. When George is thinking about his daughter is going to leave him, it has background music of ¡§My Girl¡¨, and the lyric fits his feeling. The film uses narration, George tells what is going to be happened and defines the places. It is effective because the story is very realistic and the language is funny.

Music has played a major role through out the entire film. It is used as a