Film Music Lesson 1 Quiz

Music written for movies is called...

• Classical music

• Pop music

• Film music

• Jazz music

What is one purpose of film music?

• To enhance the action in the film.

• To cover the film's dialogue

• To keep the film in time

• To cover up camera crew noise

What role: Writes the musical score and sometimes conducts the orchestra for recordings.

• Composer

• Copyist

• Musician

• Sound designer

Element of Music: how high or low a sound is

• Tempo

• Pitch

• Dynamics

• Timbre

Element of Music: how fast or slow the music is

• Dynamics

• Rhythm

• Tempo

• Texture

Key Word: Mickey-Mousing

• Music written to accompany Disney animations

• Music that mimicks what is happening on the screen

• Silly music

• Music written for animals (especially mice)

What is diegetic sound?

• A sound from a stomach

• A sound made by something on-screen

• A sound added in later

• A sound effect

Silent movies were often accompanied by..

• Piano

• Organ

• Orchestras

• All of these

Charlie Chaplin was a comic actor and composer.

• True

• False

Brass instruments are very important in film music. Which of these is NOT a brass instrument?

• Trumpet

• Tuba

• Saxophone

• French Horn