Hollywood film music

1. Hollywood film music

2. What does music contribute to film?

3. Music can underscore the action/mood...

4. Or contradict it...

5. Diegetic
vs
Non-diegetic sound

6. Diegetic

7. Non-diegetic

8. A character slams a door and it
makes a loud noise, startling
everyone in the scene. This is
• Diegetic sound
• Non-diegetic sound

9. Diegetic switch ex. 1

10. Diegetic switch ex. 2

11. Which was an example
of a switch from Non-
diegetic to Diegetic?
• 1) Ex 1
• 2) Ex 2

12. Continuity

13. Use of leitmotifs
John Williams, Star Wars (1977)

15. Did we hear Princess
Leia’s theme when we
first saw her or first
recognized her?
• 1) First saw
• 2) First recognized