Workshop #5 Music

Tempo - speed of the music - fast/slow/moderate 

Dynamic - volume - how bud or quiet it is 

Key - major - happy sound, minor - sad sound  

Rues Death - How is music used to create atmosphere: depressing/sad/mournful. minor, tempo-slow, dynamics-quiet, gets louder as Katniss raises her salute and District II riots. Directors Purpose: feel katniss emotions at that moment - remorse, anger, helplessness, acceptance rebellion.

- symbol of the three-finger salute is a sign of defiance and anger towards the game makers - you will take my humanity, also a symbol of unification with those who have lost loved ones to the games.

- What happened - Rue is killed, katniss tries to give her body the closest to a burial that she can. 

- colour/Lightning - While flowers, natural lighting, greens stand out,

Symbol - innocent and pure, rue never killed anyone, kind, compassionate, victim.

- Shots/angles - medium close-ups - Rue and Katniss - see their emotions and facial expression - anguish 

- high angle - weak and vulnerable - Rue is an innocent and blameless victim. 

Effect on the viewer - the atmosphere of remorse/intense sadness, as the volume increases it builds the intensity of the emotions - we see emotions are contagious - hope. 

Music is used to create an atmosphere of sorrow and remorse in Rue's death scene. In this scene we see Katniss dealing with the slaughter of her young friend Rue. For example. the tempo is slow, the dynamics are quiet and the key is minor to reflect the emotional rollercoaster that Katniss is feeling. Like the music, Katniss moves slowly and methodically to cover Rue's body in writing flowers. 

As she finishes, the music builds in volume, showing the increasing intensity of her anger and grief towards the capital. This makes us understand the pain experienced by the families of the tributes when they are killed each year. This was done to enable the viewer to feel the character emotions. This worked well with the use of white flowers to symbolise Rue's innocence and purity and the high angle shot making her weak and vulnerable Combined with the music we are shown first rue is a victim of the cruelty of the capital.