Filmmaking Basics/Film Score Pop Quiz

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The first and second moods?
The start of the movie says:

"An old and wise person and a young but curious person are outside a movie theater where they have just seen the movie "Star Wars".

Now they stand looking at the movie poster on the wall outside the theater."

1. When you read this, what moods will express these feelings?

2. The mood is created by music. Therefore, now we must look at the music for the opening of the movie.

Listen to the moods
Listen to the moods on the right. Then decide how you want to start this movie. What mood do you want the audience to feel?:


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Moods created by music
Listen to these moods and decide which is the first mood and which is the second mood of the movie.


 * 1) Musical mood : [[Media:Fanfare mystery.ogg|Fanfare mystery.ogg]]
 * 2) Musical mood : [[Media:Ending short.ogg|Ending short.ogg]]
 * 3) Musical mood : [[Media:Short bang.ogg|Short bang.ogg]]
 * 4) Musical mood : [[Media:Tension.ogg|Tension.ogg]]
 * 5) Musical mood : [[Media:Long drama.ogg|Long drama.ogg]]
 * 6) Musical mood : [[Media:Bold 2.ogg|Bold 2.ogg]]
 * 7) Musical mood : [[Media:Bold.ogg|Bold.ogg]]
 * 8) Musical mood : [[Media:Mystery.ogg|Mystery.ogg]]
 * 9) Musical mood : [[Media:Awakening.ogg|Awakening.ogg]]
 * 10) Musical mood : [[Media:Ending long.ogg|Ending long.ogg]]
 * 11) Musical mood : [[Media:Bang long.ogg|Bang long.ogg]]
 * 12) Musical mood : [[Media:Attention long.ogg|Attention long.ogg]]
 * 13) Musical mood : [[Media:Attention.ogg|Attention.ogg]]

Other moods which will be useful for scoring your animatic


 * 1) Musical mood : [[Media:Delicate thinking .ogg|Delicate thinking .ogg]]
 * 2) Musical mood : [[Media:Delicate thinking softer.ogg|Delicate thinking softer.ogg]]
 * 3) Musical mood : [[Media:Long serious thinking.ogg|Long serious thinking.ogg]]
 * 4) Musical mood : [[Media:Short exclamation.ogg|Short exclamation.ogg]]
 * 5) Musical mood : [[Media:Short exclamation 2.ogg|Short exclamation 2.ogg]]
 * 6) Musical mood : [[Media:Trumpet call heavy.ogg|Trumpet call heavy.ogg]]
 * 7) Musical mood : [[Media:Trumpet call light.ogg|Trumpet call light.ogg]]

These are OGG files which is a type of audio file. If you need help setting up your computer to play OGG files, go to Wikipedia:Media help (OGG)

Or create your own moods

 * If you prefer, you can create your own mood music and send it to me.


 * One way is to start with the MIDI file called swtheme.mid. Google this file name and you will find a dozen free sources for this MIDI file.  Import it into GarageBand with Jam Pack Symphony Orchestra or your favorite film scoring program.  Then extract moods from the music.  (Soon, this will one of the exercises for the film scoring class.)


 * It is fun! Try it!


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Sound Familiar?

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Does this pop quiz seem familiar?

 * At the beginning of this course, you took another pop quiz. It was a trick question.


 * Rather than decide which pictures are first and second, you should have been thinking about which moods should start the movie.


 * The only thing which creates mood at the beginning of this movie is music. Therefore, you should have been thinking of which music you need, not which pictures you need.


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The mood is everything

 * 90% of everything the audience feels is music. Music brings almost all of the emotion for a scene.


 * Therefore, you should never ask "which is the first and second picture of this movie?"


 * Instead, you must ask what are the first and second moods that you want for this movie. Then you think about the music which will convey that mood.


 * Only after thid do you finally decide which pictures should go along with that music. And because you select the music first, I think you will find that the pictures will be different.


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Example

 * 1. First mood :
 * Musical mood : [[Media:Mystery.ogg|Mystery]]


 * I want mystery to start the movie to built anticipation.


 * 2. Second mood :
 * Musical mood : [[Media:Bold 2.ogg|Bold 2]]


 * Then I want a bold theme which sounds like the Star Wars theme but not exactly the same so the audience knows that this is about Star Wars.


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The next page

 * Before you create the animatic, you need to practice editing. At the same time, you need to learn about "L-Cuts".


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