What is a composer?
Someone who writes the music for the movie.
What is a musical score?
The background music in a movie.
Who is Charlie Chaplin?
A famous film actor from the 1910's-1960's
True or False: string instruments, like the violin, are usually found in a band (like the classes that Miss B teaches)
False: String instruments are part of an orchestra, not a band.
What do we call the person that leads an orchestra with their baton?
A conductor
True or False: Gangster Films were a very popular genre of film in the 1930's
True: Gangster Films were very reflective of real life events at this time in America.
What is a Foley Artist / What do they do?
Someone who re-creates sound effects for movies that can't be done on the original movie set.
True or False: All music used in movies is written at the same time the movie is created.
False: There are many movies that use music that was created long before the movie itself.
What is foreshadowing?
A clue, a warning, or a hint that something is going to happen later on.
Before movies, what silly name were the first films with talking called?
Talkies! From Talkies, we moved to "movies" or major motion picures.
What purpose does movie music serve? (Hint: there are many different answers)
It creates suspense / tension, moves the plot forward, shifts the emotion / mood for the characters and audience, relates to the viewer and creates a connection
True or False: There are still people composing movie music in 2022.
True: There will always be composers, musicians, and artists as long as there are human beings on earth.
Before technology allowed for movies to include talking and music, how did they incorporate the music and how did the actors communicate with each other / the audience? (Hint: There are many answers)
They used exaggerated gestures, heavy and dark makeup, live piano player / other musicians, title slides with words, their actions.
What is a film?
A fancy word for a movie, short video, or motion picture.
What is an orchestra?
A group of musicians, similar to a band, but with string instruments added.
True or False: The same person wrote the music for Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and Indiana Jones.
True: John Williams has written the score for 110 movies as of 2019.
