Thursday, May 30, 2019

Music Essay -- Filmmakers, Diegetic Sounds

Music plays a critical role in the autobiography films as it is important proficiency that film put onrs use to support the narrative and influence the way that the beauty interacts, responds and interprets the events as they unfold. The godfather, which is one of all time Hollywood movies, represents a good use of practice of medicine that succeeded in supporting the dramatic events that take place in the movie. Moreover, both diegetic and non-diegetic music in the godfather movie are apply to achieve the overall exercise by using the different principles and functions of film music that range from setting the mood of the viewer to providing continuity within the movie. In this essay, we will take percentage of the godfather movie in which we can observe and analyse the role of the music in the film (003052- 003552)In the beginning of the clip (03052), as the dissolve take us from the previous scene where ,Mr. Woltz , a wealthy studio head, refused angrily the request of fa ther Vito Corleone to cast Johnny Fontane in one of his movies, the dissolve take us to the next scene where we see Mr. Woltzs house from outside. As the dissolve takes place, a diegetic sound of night insects are perceive and even before the next scene comes up on screen. The diegetic sound of night insects provides continuity between the first and the second scene and carry the viewer across a temporal ellipsis of hours (003049-003053) . Moreover, the night insects sound in the next scene (003053-003100) suggests the approach of night and the calmness in Mr. Woltzs house and that to show the difference between the beginning and the end of the scene (003053-003100). Then, as the shot gets closer to the window of Mr. Woltzs bedroom (003103), a non-diegetic music of th... ...(003250-003318) . Then, the scene goes back to don Corleone as he listens to Tom Hegan talks about Sollozo. Suddenly, Don Corleons asks Tom Hegan about Sollozos prison record and then non-diegetic music ru ns focusing our attention on the interesting discussion they have about Sollozo and the decision they should make regarding co-operating with Sollozo.(03319-003411)In conclusion, music role in the selected clip from the godfather represents a great use of both diegetic sounds and non-diegetic music that help the viewer of the narrative film to illustrate and interpret the dramatic events as they unfold. Moreover, Setting the mood, providing continuity between scenes and intensifying rhythm and pacing were the principle functions of film music that were used in the selected clip to achieve the overall goal of the use of music in the scenes. .

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