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Which of these is a good definition of Mickey-Mousing?

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Music that is used for a specific character in a film very precisely

Music that reflects what a specific, precise character is thinking

Music that reflects what's happening on screen very precisely

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Which German composer from the Romantic period used the leitmotif a lot?

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Robert Wagner

Richard Wagner

Richard Wegner 

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What is a leitmotif?

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A short musical phrase or melody associated with a character, place or object. 

A short musical phrase or melody associated with a character but not a place or an object.

A short musical phrase or melody associated with a character or a place, but not an object. 

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Which of these sentences is correct?

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Mickey-Mousing was used above all in the 1930s and 1940s. Then it wasn't used very much but nowadays it is used a lot again, specially in serious films. 

Mickey-Mousing was invented in the 1950s, and has been very popular in all sorts of films right up until today.

Mickey-Mousing was used in the 1930s and 1940s and then it lost its popularity specially in serious cinema. Nowadays it is used mostly in comedy and in cartoons. 

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What music does John Williams use as a leitmotif for Darth Vader in his Star Wars films?

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The Royal March

The Imperial March

The Star Wars soundtrack.

Question

The scene we saw from the scene "Skeleton Dance", in a film made by Disney in the 1920s, is an example of the use of: 

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Mickey-Mousing

Diegetic music

Leitmotif

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The use of the famous music in Jaws is an example of: 

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Mickey-Mousing

Diegetic music

Leitmotif

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If in a film a character slips on a banana skin and falls on the floor, and this is accompanied by a crash on the cymbals, this is an example of: 

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Leitmotif

Diegetic music

Mickey-Mousing

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True-False Questions

Question 1

Film music must be understood immediately, so there is no time to develop long themes. 

Question 2

The orchestration of a piece of film music is when the composer decides what instrument is going to play a solo. 

Question 3

Background music (non diegetic music) is often referred to as overscoring and it adds to the Mickey-Mousing technique.

EXTRA ACTIVITY

Here are some of the functions of film music numbered one to six. Read them and then look at the examples below in the SCRAMBLED LIST and put them in the correct order (one to six) so that the examples match these functions. 

1) Help action progress

2) Add to the impact of a scene

3) Create a mood or an atmosphere

4) Help to establish a time or a place

5) Help join together changes between scenes

6) Accompany a certain character and tell the audience when he or she will appear

Scrambled List

Match these examples to the functions described above.

  • Loud trumpets sound as we see Roman soldiers.
  • Soft, peaceful music sounds as we see people sleeping.
  • A rock falls and there is a loud bang on the percussion.
  • Menacing music sounds when Dracula arrives.
  • After the characters go to sleep, the new scene shows the sun rising and the music imitates birds singing.
  • A lion is running after a man and the music gets louder and louder and louder.

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