OCR GCSE Music Film Music (Area of Study 4) overview quiz quiz

To replace the dialogue entirely, so that the characters never have to speak any lines on screen

To make the film run for longer, padding out the running time so the audience gets better value

To set the mood and atmosphere of a scene

To show off the skill of the orchestra, drawing the audience's attention away from the action on screen

Music that a character actually sings out loud on screen, which the other characters can hear too

The opening title sequence of the film, where the main theme is heard over the cast and crew credits

A line drawn underneath the written score to mark where the conductor should bring the orchestra in

The background music written to fit a scene, usually non-diegetic

Music that only the audience can hear, added over the scene from outside, which the characters cannot hear

Music from a source within the scene that the characters can hear

Music that has been recorded and then played backwards to create a strange or unsettling effect on screen

Music that has no melody at all, made up only of rhythm and percussion without any tune for the ear to follow

Music coming from a radio or jukebox within the scene that the characters in the film can clearly hear

A character singing a song out loud on screen, which the other characters in the scene can hear too

The underscore added for the audience, which the characters cannot hear

Music performed live on screen by a band or orchestra that the characters in the scene are watching

Any music that features the cartoon character Mickey Mouse, or other well-known animated characters

A type of leitmotif used only in cartoons, where a short theme returns each time a character appears

Diegetic music played within a cartoon scene, coming from a source that the cartoon characters can hear

Music that synchronises closely with the on-screen action, matching musical events to movements

A single loud orchestral climax played at the most dramatic moment of the film, heard only once

A short recurring theme associated with a character, place, idea or emotion

A type of cadence used to bring a film cue to a close, usually a perfect cadence at the end of a scene

The music played over the opening credits of a film, before any of the on-screen action has begun

Repeated in exactly the same key, instruments and tempo every single time, so it never changes at all

Played only once, right at the start of the film, and then never heard again at any later point

Varied (transposed, reharmonised, reorchestrated, fragmented) to reflect the story

Never changed in any way, because altering a recurring theme would confuse the audience completely

Happy, bright and peaceful

Comic and light-hearted

Triumphant and heroic

Tense, sad or threatening

A solo cello playing a slow, mournful melody

Synthesisers and electronic sounds

A harpsichord playing a baroque dance

A folk fiddle playing a lively country reel

With a single musical element on its own, such as just one slow change of harmony and nothing else

Only by turning up the volume louder and louder, while keeping every other element exactly the same

By combining several elements (harmony, dynamics, tempo, texture, instrumentation)

By stopping the music completely, since total silence is the only thing that ever builds real tension

It does not matter at all, because the music can be added at any length and simply faded out when needed

Only the melody matters when scoring a scene, so the composer can ignore how the music lines up with the timing

Timing is decided entirely by the actors as they perform, not by the composer who writes the music

The music must fit the scene's length and shape, climaxing and changing with the action

Linking each musical feature to the effect it has on the audience and on the scene, which is exactly what earns marks

Describing the music without saying what it does for the scene

Naming the instruments that you can hear playing in the cue, which is a useful first step in any analysis

Identifying the overall mood of the scene, which is a sensible and helpful thing to do when you analyse it