Sound_Music

=Music - Lefferts= Music makes a movie. With out music we would sit bored for one and a half hours. Music can add a sense of urgency, danger, love, hate, sadness and much more. Often amateur movie makers make the mistake of putting in NO music, or putting in music that over powers the audio and such. There is a fine line producers need to tread between no music and over powering music. Make sure when editing to make the music quieter than the voices in the scene. If there are no voices then feel free to have it loud, but not too loud. = = =The use of background music (Shannon):=

The use of background music in productions helps to set the mood of the story. In a romantic movie, it might spur feelings of happiness and joy when they two find themselves in love and getting married (or whatever happy ending happens). Typically in horror films, dramatic music plays up until the sudden scary portion of the film, making people jump in fright at the tension the movie had created up to said scary part. In an action movie, heroic music is played when the main character is doing something intense and scary and the viewer's feelings make them sit on the edge of the seat in question...will they make it? The music makes the movie.

//**THE SOUNDTRACK (won-young)**//

The term soundtrack is often used to discribe the recorded sound acompanied by a videogame, motion picture, or a T.V show. Recently it has been used to discribe the music used in motion pictures. Including songs previously recoreded by a music artest or gruope. But sometimes it is a score. Which is music especically made for the film. The harry potter movies and the lord of the rings had very elaborate orchistrative soudntracks which were highly regonized. Video games have also been releasing soundtracks also. This multbillion dollar industry is growing to many branches of sociaty and the soundtrack is one of many. Tony Hawk, Final Fantasy, Mario, Halo, all these and many more have signature theme somgs and soundtracks that make themselves uniqe and eye catching to the media base.

=Background Music and Sound Effects [ by Melissa]:= As Shannon states above, music really does make the movie. Music creates emotions that are otherwise not spurred unless the music is present. For instance, if an action-adventure film did not contain heart-pounding, adrenaline producing music, the viewer would not be in the same mood as they would be if music were playing. Directors/Film makers specifically choose music that fits the overall tone of a piece that they are creating, each movie usually generating a theme. Pirates of the Caribbean has a prominant melody that is played over and over as Jack Sparrow makes an entrance. If a director can achieve that effect, the audience will remember what happens, and a better mood is established. Music can also be used to tell a story. Instead of wasting time using dialogue, and background sound, movies are created with background music to set a tone for the story [such as suspence, fear, intimidation], and the notes tell the story instead of the actors. Music creates a sensation that actors cannot..it tells its own story, even though the actors are telling theirs. Music and other sound effects create an even stronger image for the viewer that would otherwise not be present if only dialouge was used.

Sometimes in horror films and suspenseful scenes in any type of film, the only sound effect is silence. This effect gives realism to the scene and keeps audiences on the edge of their seats. We do not have background music in everyday life so the silence in movies makes the scene o so real!!
 * Julie-Silence**

Sound and music play a very important role in filmmaking, because it sets the tone for how it feels and how the audience reacts to key events in the movie. There are different emotions that go along with different types of music/sounds; such as screeching sounds for thriller movies, different sound effects when people get punched or hit, an explosion of sound when the bad guy jumps out and attacks the good guy, just elevator music to relax the audience, and the epic music as the hero goes and saves the damsel in distress. If you have ever watched a horror movie without the sound, it is not nearly as scary with the music. This is because the music gradually builds up our internal tension, even though we might not be mentally aware of it. An excellent soundtrack can be the difference between a good movie and a bad movie.
 * Sound/Music - Andrew Peekema**