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Silent film period
The Lumiere brothers were the first people to use music in movies.
On
December
28
in 1895, at the Cafe de Capesin in Paris, the Lumiere brothers showed the first commercial film in the history of movies.
At that time, the Lumiere brothers also invited a pianist to accompany them on the spot, and the songs they played were all popular.
(Watch the scene in the movie "Singin' in the Rain" when the audience enjoyed the silent movie at that time, because there was no dialogue between the characters, and the story was conveyed to the audience completely in the form of subtitles. )
Chaplin, the master comedian, was the most representative movie star at that time.
2
,
Take-off period
For the film history,
1927
was a very crucial year, because the technology of combining video and sound
finally matured, which made the sound film formally rise, and the audience could finally hear the voices of
actors while watching the film. Since the story can be clearly explained by the voice and dialogue, it is an important leader of the emotional system from now on. From the advent of talking movies to the mid-193s
, basically, the composition of film musicians was conceived in the form of pure music, so
film music could not be separated from the flavor of classical music.
3
,
The period of specialization
After the 193s, with the development of film and some musicians' interest in film music
, they began to write special music for the film, and the film music had obvious characteristics and progress. The film musicians in this period are represented by Steiner, who can be said to be the originator of electronic film musicians. Steiner pioneered Mickey Mouse-style arrangement, which was
a lot of successful works in the early film spectrum, such as Gone with the Wind, North Africa Spy Shadow, etc. In addition,
Hitchcock and Nachman Bo's Psycho (
196
), with the string sound of violin
, created a scene of sadness and horror, and became a model of film music.
the main features of film music are
1
,
the integration of audio and video
-
film is basically a visual art,
but the auditory element
is also an indispensable and important auxiliary part.
2
,
Contradictory unity between fragment and whole
——
Movie music is described in segments and appears intermittently
(except for early movie music).
3
,
Restriction of music length
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Film music is limited by film montage,
it changes with the development of the plot, so the time length of each music segment is strictly limited (the error is usually less than half a second).
4
,
The inseparability between music and science and technology
-
Film music has to be processed by recording
(including mixed recording and optical recording), developing and printing, projection and other technologies, so it is deeply influenced by science and technology.
the main functions of movie music are
1
and
depiction
-
This is an objective treatment, and
music is mainly used to render the mood and atmosphere of the painting
.
2
, lyrical function
-
It is mainly used to shape the character, show the changes of the character's thoughts, feelings and psychology, and reflect the inner subtext.
3
,
The role of drama
——
Music participates in the plot development of the film,
becomes an indispensable part of the film structure
,
includes portraying the complex inner contradictions of the characters and
showing the external conflicts between the characters.
4
, the role of background atmosphere
-
Music is used to express the characteristics of the times, national characteristics, local colors or strengthen the tone and atmosphere of a specific film with a specific tone, musical instrument tone and style.
5
, the structure runs through
-
The same music appears repeatedly (or changes repeatedly)
in the film, which plays a role as a link in the development of the plot, which not only makes the whole film complete and unified, but also makes the audience feel psychologically consistent.