Properties of Music
The length of the sound
What is duration?
A short melodic phrase that always returns
What is a motive?
Single dominant melody with accompaniment
When a movie or music tells a story inspired by legends or history
What is a Narrative Film?
Accenting fractional parts of the pulse, stressing the off-beat
What is syncopation?
The volume of a sound; dynamic
What is intensity?
A longer reoccurring melody, generally the spirit of the movie
What is a theme?
The structure of the tune or the amount of measures that repeat chord progressions
What is the Form?
Another term for underscoring
What is Non-diegetic?
Combination of notes to develop chords, has a pleasing effect
What is Harmony?
Frequency of a sound
What is pitch?
When a theme is singable or melodic
What is lyrical?
The tone of movie
What is the Mood?
The visual film elements such as lighting, costume, and decor
What is mise-en-scène?
Inspiration for movies
What is Ballet, Opera, and Doctrine of Affections?
Tone quality of tone color such as bright or mellow
What is timbre?
Melodic phrases that are played or sung
What is call and response?
Single melodic line without other musical material
What is Monophonic?
Music in the mind of a character
What is Meta-diegetic?
4 Genres of movies
What is Film Noir, Silent, Western, and Action?
The four properties of music
What is pitch, duration, intensity, and timbre?
Many independent melodies at once
What is Contrapuntal?
A simple song form where each stanza is sung to the same melody
What is Strophic?
The three types of plot
What are Causal plot, Episodic plot, and Linear/Nonlinear plot?
The year that movies first used spoken dialogue
What is 1927?