Film scoring/Creating a mood with a melody

Interesting examples by FIREborn: Fear.ogg ---- Sad.ogg ---- Tired.ogg ---- Surprise.ogg ---- Joy.ogg ---- Fast like the wind.ogg.

Completed assignments: Create a mood

This school is: Narrative film production - Wikiversity Film School and School of Music - Wikiversity Film School This course is: Film scoring The pages in the course is: Introduction to film scoring Create the sound of fear from a single note Create other moods from a single note Create the sound of joy using a delicate rhythm Create other moods from delicate rhythms Quiz: Music which tells a story Create a mood with a melody ← You are here! Create a story with a melody Quiz: The Spy Story - Who is who? DVD-Video: Scoring your first scene - The Promotion Create four motifs - Mama, papa, baby, and Goldie Create continuity with a single motif Foreground / Background music - soft vs. loud Quiz: Watch a short movie - George Lucas In Love DVD-Video: What is a "Spotting Session"? - Only A Dream DVD-Video: Write two musical cues for Home Wrecker More musical theory Butchering Midi - The starwars theme DVD-Video: How would you score Green Tea Smoothie ? DVD-Video: Write a film score for Blindman's Bluff Write a film score for Seduced by the Dark Side!

Moods created from delicate rhythms Your assignment - A mood Devise a melody which creates a MOOD. 2 points. Be sure to tell me what mood your melody creates. At the beginnning of these lessons, you created a mood simply from the natural sound of the instrument. Now you create a melody which tells a specific mood. Try to keep the melody very simple and short. Suggestions: "tired", "sad", and "happy". Less than 6 seconds!

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Hold that thought! How do you end the melody? Do not just fade the melody. Instead, hold the last note. Remember the basics Remember that you can play a single note or a delicate rhythm behind dialog. Those are the only two forms of music which will not conflict with the spoken words of the actors. Therefore, if you hold the last note, it is almost like holding that thought while the actors begin their dialog. Then you can slowly fade the single note.

How long should the melody be? How long should the melody be? The melody has to be only as long as needed to create the mood or story. For a story, the melody can be just enough that the audience recognizes the melody. That can be as short as two notes. You do not have to play the entire melody. Just create the hint. Remember, this is supposed to be subtle.

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Completed Homework Assignments for Musicians:Creating a mood with a melody Examples of a melody which create a mood for the course on film scoring for musicians From Oregon, Orsanct has completed this assignment. July 22, 2007 Orsanct sent me a melody which creates the mood of Cheerful which you can hear by clicking here. 10 points. Orsanct sent me a melody which creates the mood of Sadness which you can hear by clicking here. 10 points. From Germany, Blueygh2 has completed this assignment. September 6, 2007 Blueygh2 sent me a melody which creates the mood of Happy which you can hear by clicking here. 10 points. Blueygh2 sent me a melody which creates the mood of Tension Resolve which you can hear by clicking here. 10 points. Joe Mac has completed this assignment. These pieces are played by hand on midi controller, using GarageBand synth texture "skye breath." Master setting: ambient basic. September 16, 2007 The sound of Joy can be heard by clicking here to listen. 10 points. The sound of Excitement.ogg can be heard by clicking here to listen. 10 points. Tiago Louis Zontag (Zon) has completed this assignment. December 27, 2007 The mood of sorrow and loneliness. clicking here to listen. 10 points.

Completed Film Scoring assignment - Creating a mood with a melody May 17, 2008 Tonto Silver has created this assignment. Reflections.ogg‎ .

Now for some more fun The next page Next is a fun pop quiz. You get to watch a movie and they make up stories. What fun! Creative pop quiz: The spy story - Deciding who is who? Contact your instructor Your instructor for this course is Robert Elliott. You can send me a quick email by clicking here. NOTE: To submit assignments To submit assignments, attach your completed assignments to an email and send it to me at "r_elliott innercite.com".