MUS 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Shark Attack, Diegesis, Semitone
29 Mar 2016
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Starts off diegetically: singing is diegetic, maria starts to play guitar and when we hear doe, a deer orchestra comes in and fills in the harmonies. Maria isn"t actually playing guitar, non-diegetic music fills in the guitar sound (orchestra) When you know the notes to sing you can sing most anything scene. Each verse of the song initiates a new day (song occurs over 5ish days: music links the days together; song becomes a montage. Musical number is incorporated into the narrative of the film, and this scene may be the best example of that. Abacada: a = refrain, b = contrasts refrain, c = different from a and b, d = introduces a to finish the dance. For each musical form, the dance changes. Film uses diegetic songs as underscore in other scenes. When we see the close-up of their faces, we only hear violins: telltale sign of love scene: violins, gentle melody.
