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George Mason University The Princess Bride A Battle of Wits 1987 Music Cues Summary
The assignment this week is two part:
1. Summarize the 11 functions of film music in a list format, describing how knowing the functions influenced your experience of the film examples associated with each funtion.
2. Apply your understanding by analyzing ANOTHER duel with the “man in black” from the Princess Bride.
Analyze the scene between the man in black and the Sicilian Fizzini (see the clip above) by describing the thre music cues as the scene developments.
Identify and comment on what function the music in each cue algins with. It is perfectly fine if the music repeats function.
Use terminology from the first three lessons to describe the way that each music cue interacts with the scene. This should include 1. identification of the function that music is serving in each cue, 2. the interaction of music and dialogue, 3. the interaction of music and physical gestures, 4. the perspective that the music is conveying in a certain part of the scene, 5. the emotion that is being conveyed by the music.
Format of assignment:
Title and Year of Film:
Composer:
Scene:
Setting:
Music cue 1: Each of these descriptions should reference what is happening that leads up to the music cue entering, what is happening in the music while the cue develops, storyline that the music is helping develop, and how the music cue ends…
Music cue 2:
Music cue 3:
