Although I am extremely interested in my proposed research area and want to continue the research I have started, I am beginning to doubt whether it is possible to produce a practical and successful honors project.
The only way that I have came up with in which to make a practical project which coincides with my research question (How do the emotive peaks of film score work effectively in relation to the peaks of a films visual?) seems to be to create my own film score and sync it with a video. However I am inexperienced in composing for film and don't know if my attempts at writing and producing film score would result in work good enough for an honors year project, or even if simply creating some music and syncing it to film merits enough work to pass at honors level.
On the 22nd I received an email telling me that on November 1st I will have the opportunity to discuss my project developments with Kenny (Lecturer). Hopefully this meeting will help me flesh out some practical project ideas.
I am at the stage of the project now where I am expected to be submitting draft Research Proposals with a decided project aim, I am starting to doubt the viability of my research question and generally feel like I am falling behind.
Monday 28 October 2013
Thursday 17 October 2013
1st Pitch Session
Today I met with Laurie (Lecturer) to discuss my project ideas. After explaining my proposed research question - How do the emotive peaks of film score work effectively in relation to the peaks of a films visual? - Laurie agreed it would be necessary to identify key sections of film score (narrative, characters, setting, tone of the film etc) and how separately each one of those add to the relationship between score and visual.
Laure also asked the interesting question of how I plan to make a practical honors project from this research question, I had no answer before I continue research into how score works in film this will have to be addressed.
Laure also asked the interesting question of how I plan to make a practical honors project from this research question, I had no answer before I continue research into how score works in film this will have to be addressed.
Sunday 13 October 2013
Score In Films
This week I simply just listened to film score. Although I am interested in my chosen research area I still don't really know a lot about it; this week basically involved watching films from a critical point of view. I took note of several of the scores that interested me (see below) and after the first pitch session (and hopefully confirmation my research question is suitable) I plan on investigating their workings further to see how they effectively triggered my emotions.
As it was Thomas Newman who initially interested me in film score, I began with him. A simple Google search revealed that Newman has been nominated for a total of 12 academy awards. The second of these nominations in 1995 was for his work on "The Shawshank redemption". I felt I connected with several of the movies scenes largely due to the music, the music in the scene above particularly effected me.
By chance the next film I watched was Michael Bays sci-fi/drama "Armageddon". The film as a whole was relatively poor, however I felt Trevor Rabin's score really carried the film adding to drama of the film and making it feel like a real human interest story. Personally I feel the music in the scene above works incredibly well with the presidents speech, it highlights the intensity of the situation and the sacrifice the characters are making.
Although the music used in the above scene is incredibly simple it is my favourite of the three examples provided in this blog post. Even in this short clip the overall mood of the film to come is clearly established through the score. This piece of score - titled "Hand Covers Bruise", written by Trent Reznor - appears in several scenes of the movie and appears to be linked closely if not exclusively to the lead character Mark Zukerberg and is used to portray him emotions at key moments.
Although only having briefly examined film scores use within film I am beginning to develop some ideas on how score can be used to stress emotional high points.
By chance the next film I watched was Michael Bays sci-fi/drama "Armageddon". The film as a whole was relatively poor, however I felt Trevor Rabin's score really carried the film adding to drama of the film and making it feel like a real human interest story. Personally I feel the music in the scene above works incredibly well with the presidents speech, it highlights the intensity of the situation and the sacrifice the characters are making.
Although the music used in the above scene is incredibly simple it is my favourite of the three examples provided in this blog post. Even in this short clip the overall mood of the film to come is clearly established through the score. This piece of score - titled "Hand Covers Bruise", written by Trent Reznor - appears in several scenes of the movie and appears to be linked closely if not exclusively to the lead character Mark Zukerberg and is used to portray him emotions at key moments.
Although only having briefly examined film scores use within film I am beginning to develop some ideas on how score can be used to stress emotional high points.
Wednesday 2 October 2013
Development Of Research Question
This week I have been considering the research question I mentioned in my last blog post and how best to go about answering it. For film score to highlight the emotive peaks of a film it appears necessary to consider the following as research headings: Narrative Of The Film (the films story line); Characters and Setting. Basically for music to coincide with a films peaks it must reflect how characters act or interact with each other in certain surroundings and how these actions develop the plot of the film.
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