The Guiding Factor: Music In American Cinema
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC 301
Start Date
21-5-2015
End Date
21-5-2015
Keywords
Film, Music, Consciousness
Abstract
In this presentation, I examine the ways in which music has been incorporated into some of America’s best and worst films, and the effect this has had on the viewers perception of the story. Through consideration of the diegetic and non-diegetic use of music in film, case studies of the relation of human nature to music, and the association between the musical, dialogical, and visual elements of film in the cognitive framework, I argue that music has a guiding factor in the viewers perception of the visual and dialogical elements of the film. In the words of director Steven Spielberg, “[T]he eye sees better when the sound is great.”
Recommended Citation
Vidmore, Jordan, "The Guiding Factor: Music In American Cinema" (2015). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 84.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2015/oralpresentations/84
Department/Program
Film and Video Studies
Additional Mentoring Department
Douglas Honors College
The Guiding Factor: Music In American Cinema
SURC 301
In this presentation, I examine the ways in which music has been incorporated into some of America’s best and worst films, and the effect this has had on the viewers perception of the story. Through consideration of the diegetic and non-diegetic use of music in film, case studies of the relation of human nature to music, and the association between the musical, dialogical, and visual elements of film in the cognitive framework, I argue that music has a guiding factor in the viewers perception of the visual and dialogical elements of the film. In the words of director Steven Spielberg, “[T]he eye sees better when the sound is great.”
Faculty Mentor(s)
Anne Cubilié