THE ROLE OF MUSIC IN FILMS AND THE INFLUENCE OF MUSIC ON THE AUDIENCE'S EMOTIONS. EMOTION IN A MOVIE AND HOW MUSIC AFFECTS IT

International Journal of Computer Science (IJCS) Published by SK Research Group of Companies (SKRGC)

Abstract

Among a film's many aspects, music plays a crucial role as it determines how a film scene is perceived, understood, and remembered. This paper discusses how music can affect audience emotions, particularly with respect to background music, musical themes, and sound design. This paper describes the effects that these aspects of film-music scholarship have on the emotional meaning, through a qualitative analysis of film-music. It is evident in the discussion that music can be used to increase the tension, elicit empathy, create anticipation, aid the story development, and even affect the appearance of the visual performance. It is proposed that film music – in addition to a decorative role – is a language of the film, which guides the attention, and focuses the emotional reaction. Based on the literature I have studied, the fact that the viewer is more immersed appears to be due to their expectations that this is the right fit, association, and synchronizing with the image, but ultimately, overuse and not fitting in properly can have the opposite effect. The study concludes that the music in the film can produce audience emotion in the film, not only the music, but also along with the image and context in the film. These include film music and the audience's response to the music: background score, sound design, and cinema, and the viewers' reaction to that.

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Keywords

Film Music, Audience Emotion, Background Music, Sound Design, Cinema