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Give an example of a time where music in a movie made you feel suspense or tension. If you can't think of an example, describe a scenario where tense or suspenseful music could be used.
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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.
What is an orchestra?
A group of musicians, similar to a band, but with string instruments added.
What is a film?
A fancy word for a movie, short video, or motion picture.
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.
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.
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
Before movies, what silly name were the first films with talking called?
Talkies! From Talkies, we moved to "movies" or major motion picures.
What is foreshadowing?
A clue, a warning, or a hint that something is going to happen later on.
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 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: 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 do we call the person that leads an orchestra with their baton?
A conductor
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.
Who is Charlie Chaplin?
A famous film actor from the 1910's-1960's
What is a musical score?
The background music in a movie.
What is a composer?
Someone who writes the music for the movie.


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