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Film Music: Audience's Emotions Characters' Emotion

This document provides instructions for students to create a character theme based on the D minor chord and passing notes. It outlines steps for composing a basic 8 note theme using only the D, F and A notes of the Dm chord. It then has students add passing notes and play the theme over different chords, including Dm, F, C, Bb, Am and Gm, in any order with Dm first. It asks students questions about how music affects scenes, helps structure stories, sets expectations, and reveals the setting in films.

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Film Music: Audience's Emotions Characters' Emotion

This document provides instructions for students to create a character theme based on the D minor chord and passing notes. It outlines steps for composing a basic 8 note theme using only the D, F and A notes of the Dm chord. It then has students add passing notes and play the theme over different chords, including Dm, F, C, Bb, Am and Gm, in any order with Dm first. It asks students questions about how music affects scenes, helps structure stories, sets expectations, and reveals the setting in films.

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Film Music

Audiences emotions
With Music

Without Music

Characters emotion

L.O.: To learn how to create a Character Theme


based on the chord of Dm and passing notes

Creating a Character
Theme

Na@nia

Circle every
note that
is not in the chord
Create
a skeleton
composition:
of
Dm: only
D-F-A
Using
the notes D,F & A the notes of Dm
compose a basic theme
Use only 4-8 notes overall

5 Minutes
DAFFD

Peer Assessment
What was successful about the groups Character
Theme?
Now you have created a basic skeleton think about
filling in the gaps by adding in passing notes (notes
that are next to each other)
Use all the white notes but do not use B; instead use
B
DAFFD
DAGFEFD

Peer Assessment

DAGFEFD

Using the following chords:

Dm DFA must be the first chord


F FAC
C CEG
Bb BbDF
Am ACE
Gm - GBbD

Dm
Bb
F
Gm

Play your character theme over the top by repeating it to different


chords in any order.
What sound good? Create your chord sequence.
You can use the chords in any order but Dm must be the first.

Answer the following questions


How does music affect this scene?

How does music help structure of


the story?

What do you expect when you hear


this music?

Where is this film set? How is this


obvious in the music?

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