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Thursday, July 2, 2020

Music in the hunger games

             - Major - upbeat, happy music
Chords
             -Minor - Sad, Emotional

            - Fast - Energetic, Intense
Tempo
            - Slow - Bored, lazy, Lethargic


                - Loud - energy, intensity, rise in action
Dynamics
                - Quiet - Background, makes you focus, Listen, builds tension

1. minor , slow , loud, it feels intense

What scene? opening scene

Techniques -
minor chords - tired
Slow tempo
Gained volume - builds intensity
Non Diagetic

Audience -
Sad scene, Foreshadowing, interested

Directors purpose - Builds emotions / atmosphere


2 slow tempo , increases in volume,  minor

What scene? The reaping scene  - music starts as Katniss walks to the stage

Techniques -
Minor chords
slow tempo
Dynamics - gains volume then drops then builds

Audience feel -
Emotional
Eery
Ominious
Melancholic

Directors purpose -
foreshadowing sadness
Katniss just volunteered
will most likely be eliminated
Lets us feel Katniss emotions on personal level

What scene?
Rue's death - rue is killed Katniss prepares her body to be taken away. . Surrounds by flowers, solutes the TV

Techniques -
Minor chords
Slow tempo
Dynamics  - Gains in volume. Becomes more hopeful the further it goes on. Tempo speeds up then slows back down

Audience feel -
Sad
Emotional
Katniss grief
Sorrow
Misery
Anger at the unfair death of her friend.

Directors purpose -
makes us feel Katniss emotions
More intense than if we heard her scream
Makes us notice it more
- uses music to tell us the pain she feels.

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