Film and Music - Touching The Void

Sound: Vibration resonance timbre:

The main elements consist of:

- Pitch

- Volume

- Tempo

- Pace speed

FILM MUSIC

The use of music in films is very important it gives great impacts which gets the audience into the scenes even more and I think the music in this clip gives the scene such a good feel in terms of that it makes you want to watch on as the music grabs you in.

(add in my music choice of effective music use)

I am going to be analysing a short clip which is from the movie called Touching the Void. 

At first we see the character Joe who struggling to escape from the crevasse of his climb. The music which is used in the start of this scene is all  to create an atmosphere. The music is very slow paced and the speed is slow too this is because the character is at the point where he is in a lot of danger, so the music that is used within the scene is complimented well with what the character is doing. The music also follows the characters journey quite clearly as he is struggling to get up the mountain and the music is very intense because it makes you wonder if he will be okay or not and the music gets high as he gets closer to getting out, this gives us a viewers a little bit of hope for Joe, there is also a orchestral interlude in the film as the music which is used is pretty much like a sympathy as it gets very dramatic at first and then goes quiet.

After this scene there is a sudden change of music and the music goes from thrillingly dramatic to peaceful and calm with uplifting notes, the music is now positive as there is a positive from the scene as he has got out of the crevasse, alive. That then instantly shows us that there is hope for the character and that he will be okay. 

As Joe is then lying on the snow, having escaped the mountainous landscape he is relieved and in so much shock he has got out there is also a voice over used showing us his feelings and emotions what he went through. (Its a bit like a narration telling us what he is thinking.)

The music now changes quite quickly again. The music now gets very dramatic and low paced. This sudden change is happening again because there is a problem for him which has occurred and the fact that he now may not be getting out quite easily as he might have thought is shown through the music because it goes dramatic.

The camera panning which is used to skim through the scenes of the area where he is at and the voice over of the character which is used in this scene gives us as an audience such a good feel of what is actually going on and I think that it is really good. It is good in terms of the way it has been used because it shows you the thoughts and feelings of Joe as well as what he is seeing around him.

The camera pans which are used are very quick paced and slow paced. when he is he is skimming the area with his eyes, the music is  very fast so that goes nicely with the scene so when the panning is fast that means the music is fast and when the panning is slow the music gets slow too. This is all nicely linked.