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Thursday, July 2, 2020

The Hunger Games - Music Workshop

Chords 
Major - Upbeat, Happy music tone
Minor - Sad tone

Tempo
Fast  - Energetic, Intense, Gain interest
Slow - Bored, Lazy, Lethargic,

Dynamics
loud - Energy, Intense, Rising action
Quiet - Background, Make you focus/listen, Builds tension

Diagetic Sound - sounds that happen naturally, E.G footsteps

Non-Diagetic Sound - Sounds added to a scene - Music


What Scene? - Opening Scene

Techniques -
- Minor Chords - tired
- Slow tempo
- Gained Volume - builds intensity
- Non-diagetic sound

Audience Feel - 
- Sad Scene, Foreshadowing, Interested

Directors Purpose -
- Build emotion/Atmosphere
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What Scene - The Reaping Scene - Music Starts as Katniss Walks to the stage

Techniques -
- Minor Chords
- Slow Tempo
- Dynamics - Gains volume, then drops, then builds

Audience Feel -
- Emotional, eery, Ominoius, Melancholic

Directors Purpose -
- Foreshadowing Sadness, Katniss just volunteered, will most likely be eliminated.
- Lets us feel Katnisses emotions on a personal level.
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What Scene - Rues Death - Rue is killed, Katniss Prepares her body - Surrounds by flowers, Salutes the TV camera.

Techniques -
- Minor Chords 
- Slow to medium tempo
- Dynamics - Builds to Forte

Audience Feel -
- Katniss' Grief, Sorrow, Misery, Anger at the unfair death of her friend

Directors Purpose -
- Make us feel Katniss' emotions
- More intense than if we heard her scream, makes us notice more
- uses music to tell us the pain she feels.

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