Mood and Meaning
The mood and meaning is when a certain
sound or music is chosen to amplify the chosen film is a certain way. For
examples, Dark, eerie music is usually chosen to accommodate a horror film
where a love song amplifies the mood of a romance film. The Foley sounds and a
soundtrack are chosen to increase the atmosphere of a scene during a movie.
Usually, Fast paced sounds are applied to action scenes, which usually involve
rapid cutting between shots and high, velocity action/ location i.e. on a
moving truck.
An example would be the film Madagascar (2005
Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath)
In the chosen clip, the lion Alex (Ben
Stiller) runs towards Marty (Chris Rock) in a typical scene with calming music
and Longing for each other. The rest of the scene has no music except for this moment,
which takes a turn when Alex turns against Marty and begins to chase him in
anger, not friendship. The chosen song ‘Chariots of fire’ (1981, Vangelis) is a
calming song usually associated with slow motion running and happiness and this
soundtrack is used over this part of the clip to amplify the effect of them
running towards each other.
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