Discussion 2-Workshop

Audio/Music

Words that popped up in my head:
1st Track
Country vibe
Lonely
Depressing

2nd Track
Scary
Intense
Fast-paced
Oriental type of music
Flute
This can be heard when Katniss travels in the forest.

3rd Track
Unhappy
Slow
This sounds like it would be put into a sad scene

4th Track
Scary
Deep toned
Builds up
Dark
Slow
Heavy

Mr Taylor's Video

The First Song Played
Happy
Fast-paced
Easy going

The Second Song Played
Emotional
Depressing
Uneasy

Notes:

Tempo-Speed
Faster- More energy, upbeat
Slower-Melancholy, sadder, sombre (quiet and still)

Chords
Major-Full, bright, happy
Minor-Sinister, sad

Dynamics-Volume
Loud-Energy, emotions. When the music starts to rise the editors want the emotion to rise as well.
Quiet-Subtle, focus

Reaping Scene Music
No music to start off with, to hear the footsteps and the awkward silence of the people.
The first scene uses silence to make it suspenseful, get a sense of realism, and make the audience to focus.

Quiet music during Propaganda film- Doesn't distract from the story.
Medium tempo
Minor chord-scary energy

When Primrose got called
The music went out again making it suspenseful and emotional.

When Peeta got called the music started to appear slowly and gently.
The tempo was slow at the start but builds up.
Music used to introduce him, to represent his feeling of anxiousness.
Has a major chord but it gets dominated by the minor chords making it feel sinister.

Horn/Trumpet symbol of battle, war, triumph. (Sinister victory)
Makes the audience feel sorry, isolated from others, that he might have a chance of victory.


Music and silence are used effectively to create a forbadding (Something evil coming) in the Reaping scene. In the reaping scene, the tributes from District 12 are selected and we see Katniss volunteer as tribute for her sister. The male tribute selected was Peeta. Silence is used when Effie draws out and reads the tributes names to make us feel like the moment is real to make us focus and draw out the suspense. The director has done this to make the audience worried about who will be chosen. Music was used to introduce to Peeta when his name is drawn. The music is predominantly minor and has a slow tempo which makes us feel sad and worried like Peeta. This is combined close up shots of Peeta's worried facial expressions to draw the viewer in.



The use of music and silence was utilised strategically to create an atmospheric scene during the Reaping. The