CA 386 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Chromatic Scale, Sith, Soft Focus
27 Nov 2020
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Overview: golden age of hollywood, 1930s and 1940s, music was heavily influenced by lush symphonic and operatic scores of the late 1800s, european composers that emigrated. Classical hollywood practice: the model of max steiner - http://manage. code. sfu. ca/sites/default/files/readings/gorbman_classicalhollywoodpractice_ For those who are familiar with them, such signs may be powerful factors in conditioning responses: leonard meyer. Week 6 learning material: narrative film music and gorbman"s rules: narrative film music: seven principles of composition, a summary of claudia gorbman"s important book on narrative film music: unheard. Interprets and illustrates narrative events: continuity, formal and rhythmic continuity, between shots. Music functions: metaphor, symbol, rhythm/ editorial pacer, atmosphere, reinforcement of staged realities, spatial definer, device for inflecting the narrative with emotive values via cultural music codes, formal, defining mood, pace and place, realistic, source music. Ironic: abstract, emotional, fused with action, spatial, gives objects movement, weight. Week 6 learning material: golden age of hollywood. Illustrative examples: mildred pierce (1945, film noir, main theme:
