Genres
I am well known for my vocal twang.
What is Country
I write music.
What is a Composer
Aside from the dialogue, the two types of sound in a movie are these.
What are sound effects and music.
You have 10 seconds to complete this task.
Your whole team tap a steady beat.
What country is John Williams from?
What is the United States of America.
What is the music word for volume?
What is Dynamics
I am well known for my speaking over a track with a fast tempo.
I lead an orchestra, band or choir.
What is a Conductor
This is what you would call the person who writes the music for a movie.
What is a film composer
One member of your team tap a rhythm.
What branch of the military did Johm Williams serve in?
What is the Air Force
What is the music word for speed?
What is Tempo
I am known for scream-singing and lots of drums.
What is Metal
I am hired to make the sound effects in a movie, TV show, video game or commercial.
What is a Foley artist
When the person who is hired to write the music for a movie sees the movie for the first time it does not have any of this.
What is Music
This task starts as soon as you read it.
Silent class for 60 seconds
Name 5 films John Williams has composed for.
What are Harry Potter, Star Wars, Home Alone, Indiana Jones. Ms. Dawley will accept other correct answers.
What is the music word for how full or sparse a section of music is?
What is Texture
I am known for my use of auto-tune, back-up dancers and catchy hooks.
What is Pop
I am not the performer but I help them write or build the music or I sell them my backing track.
What is a Producer
This is the type of music you hear most in modern day films. (Hint: it isn't using an orchestra.)
What is Digital
Finish the lyrics
She said I am the one...
What type of musical group of instruments does John Williams use in his film compositions?
What is an Orchestra
What is the word for the pulse of a piece of music?
What is Beat
What is Jazz
I need to sing, dance and act to perform this job.
What is a Musical Theater performer
What kind of sound did the very first movies have?
What is None
You have 10 seconds to complete this task.
Stand up and dance the macarena.
John Williams is well known for his use of theme. Name 1 theme he composed.
What are Imperial March, Princess Leia's theme, etc.
What is the word for long and short durations of notes in a piece of music?
What is Rhythm
I have 4 families of instruments that combine to play me.
What is Classical
I repair string instruments.
What is a Luthier
I am the name for when the same music plays every time a specific character is seen, heard or thought of.
What is a Theme
You have 20 seconds to complete this task.
The team plays a steady beat while 1 person plays a rhythm over it.
What was John Williams main instrument before he became a composer?
What is the Piano
Name 3 musical elements you would think about when composing for a scene in a film.
What are Dynamics, tempo, texture, rhythm, instruments.