Week 1 Film Music

With the reading I loved how it told of the different composers that wrote the certain scores for different movies or gave the biography for some composers. It was like an interview with the composers. You get a chance to understand what it is they are doing and how they like to do it. I also learned that the Producer is basically in charge and I didn't know that. I always thought that it was the Director. The eleven funtions in film scoring helped me get a feel of what it would be like to compose something for a movie. It would be hard but I think I understand what they have to go through.
Im not a music student so I loved the lecture when Dr. Berry was showing us the different chords and such on the keyboard. I didn't know that most major chords will sound happy and most minor chords sound sad. I didnt know anything about dissonance or consanance. I feel like I understand more about the music I am listening to in the movies we watch now. When we talked about the eleven functions in film scoring, even after reading about them, it helped more to talk about them and get examples and break them down until they are basically only ten. It made me understand them more fully than just reading about them.
I love watching movies and I am one of those losers that if I like the soundtrack I will go out and buy it. I have never seen a silent film in my life though. I think they are alittle boring but I just picture myself back in that time and I can see how those type of movies would be interesting, I guess. Even though after watching Singing In The Rain today I got a better understanding on that time with just silent films. I wonder if there were alot of films that were messed up like that and they had to fix it to make it sound better by a certain time or it would be a flop of a movie. I liked The Jazz Singer but I thought it was alittle weird that it would bounce between talking and not talking. I would get used to them talking and then all of a sudden they would stop. It was strange. Also some of the music didn't fit with that movie, like when Jakie and his dad were arguing and they played music that made me think of a love scene. It didn't fit at all. It was kinda funny.