Music

Music

 Drive

The introduction of music to a moving sequence, develops feelings of emotion for example: in the opening title sequence to ‘Drive’ the song ‘Kavinsky nightfall’; reflects not only the titles and how they become in concession with the beat of the song; but how the song relates to the driver lyrics such as: ‘I want to drive you through the night’ not only do film makers have to find a track original, but one which can describe the scene.

 Finding a song to do this is exacting; however the film makers have managed to find a song which relates to the dark mystery of their main character lyrics like ‘ I am gonna show you where its dark…’ all these play in the back of our minds as the credits move in beat.

They also emulate the characters emotion, not with his acting but with the music as he goes to his lonely small apartment, the music slows and quietens down, but when we go back to the city the music is back to its normal beat, showing that it is the environment he is most comfortable in.

 Catch Me If You Can

However not all music sequences have to have strong lyrical resemblance to the character and film to work well, take ‘Catch me If you Can’ the music is instrumental in this opening sequence and has been used cleverly throughout the film. No lyrics are needed to establish the film the music itself sets the genre clear into your mind. The suspense created by the music makes you think crime and drama, what’s cleaver about this is they let the sequence animation tell the story, and the music set the atmosphere for the film.

21 Jump Street

Also a sequence can have music with lyrics which do not make sense, but if the beat of the song and its genre is correct: then it works well with crime comedies, indie comedies and more… for example the film '21 Jump Street' the fast pace imagery and quick cuts of a ridiculous motion of drugs, sex and pointless close ups. Needs a fast paced track to fit with the funny action presented, the fast rap and quick beat fit well the titles. The film makers have found a song with a fast passed that fits well with the comic side of the sequence the fact there are funny shots of the two main characters dancing, makes the music funnier and shots more over the top. 

 

My Music for the Title Sequence ‘Underestimated’

For my opening title sequence: music was an essential elemental in stringing my footage together. It had to establish the mood my film, and the genre I was going to portray to my audience. The music had to be will suited, to my footage and be in keeping with my titles.

Finding the correct piece of music, is a more difficult process, than it may come across; especially if you are, not an established production company, with a lot of money to spend. This I was certainly not, so to achieve the task of finding music which is not copy written, I had to do extensive research the internet: as there are hundreds of  non copy-written songs… (This is now preferred by film makers as unknown tracks are cheaper and work well with their sequences) … after looking though many un copy-written sites, I found three options which, I could choose: songs called ‘the generator’, ‘riding my bike’ and ‘bird are indie’.

These songs most suited what I wanted to achieve; however I could not use all three, so to determine the appropriate piece of music. I had to play the music with some of my footage out of all three the one which was most accurate was ‘Birds are Indie’. This fitted the genre and came together nicely with the footage, working well in stringing the titles and the footage together.  The music also related to parts of my film with lyrics of ‘ I've had this record I love it so much’, playing in the back of your mind, with the shots of old vinyl records. Overall the song fits well in establishing the mood of the film and its genre.