Video Production
Miss Qureshi 2013
Effects of Sound/Music in Film:
http://www.lightbridgemusic.com/power.htm
Some types of music can relax us. After a stressful school or work day, classical music, jazz, or even soft rock/alternative can physically relax our bodies and distract our minds from the cares of the day - at least for a while.
On the other hand, loud, fast music with a strong beat can exhilarate (or bother) us. In fact, sometimes we may prefer one kind of music or artist, and at other times that's the last thing we want to listen to.
Watch and LISTEN to the music in the video clip below. Someone put this together to show the different effects that music can have in certain scenes.
Which song do you think works best?
Emotional Effects of Music
There are other ways music affects us emotionally. One way can be most clearly demonstrated by movie music. Music signals us when something scary, threatening or ominous is about to happen. If you close your eyes in an action, horror or thriller movie, you can pretty much tell what's happening on the screen by the music alone. The same is true for a romance. Film composers such as John Williams get paid big money for their ability to shift your emotions from moment to moment.
Movie theme music - such as Williams' Star Wars theme - can make us practically march out of the theater, our shoulders thrown back, determined to vanquish our own foes. Music can make you confident, too. Think about football games and the music they play when the athletes come out onto the field. They get pumped up and the crowd goes wild.
Listen to the sound effects in addition to the music. Then, play the clip again with your eyes closed.
Excited, Romantic, then Anxious? There are a few song changes and different emotions that we feel simply watching a 2 minute trailer.
For this next one, press PLAY then close your eyes.
Often times when we hear a certain song from a soundtrack, we automatically recognize it without even having to look at the screen.
Even video games...