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Sound and Music in Horror/Film

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

In the film......


A couple enter a bar where there is a live band playing


Diegetic or Non-Diegetic music?

a)

Diegetic

b)

Non-Diegetic

2.

In the film......


A man switches the car radio on


Diegetic or Non-Diegetic music?

a)

Diegetic

b)

Non-Diegetic

3.

In the film......


A romantic couple take a walk on the beach together with a romantic soundtrack


Diegetic or Non-Diegetic music?

a)

Diegetic

b)

Non-Diegetic

4.

In the film......


A piano player is playing lounge music in a bar


Diegetic or Non-Diegetic music?

a)

Diegetic

b)

Non-Diegetic

5.

In the film......

A vampire appears in a spooky graveyard with a loud lightening strike....

Diegetic or Non-Diegetic music?

a)

Diegetic

b)

Non-Diegetic

6.

In the film......


A rich lady watches a live performance of an opera


Diegetic or Non-Diegetic music?

a)

Diegetic

b)

Non-Diegetic

7.

In the film......


The lid of a coffin suddenly starts to open as the music gets louder


Diegetic or Non-Diegetic music?

a)

Diegetic

b)

Non-Diegetic

8.

In the film......


The organist starts playing as the bride enters the church to get married


Diegetic or Non-Diegetic music?

a)

Diegetic

b)

Non-Diegetic

9.

In the film......


A monster and a hero fight in single combat to stirring music


Diegetic or Non-Diegetic music?

a)

Diegetic

b)

Non-Diegetic

10.

In the film......


James Bond runs through the middle of busy Carnival


Diegetic or Non-Diegetic music?

a)

Diegetic

b)

Non-Diegetic

11.

What are dynamics?

a)

How loud or soft the music is

b)

The speed of the music

c)

The sound of the music

12.

What is a non-linear sound?

a)

Normal sounds

b)

Non-Normal sounds on the instruments

13.

What is the Day of Wrath Melody?

a)

Pies Ear

b)

Dies Irae

c)

Tye Dye

14.

When the music doesn't match what is on screen it is called....

a)

Contrapuntal

b)

Bad Music

c)

Mis-match

15.

What is the element of music for volume?

a)

Tempo

b)

Pitch

c)

Dynamics

d)

Texture

16.

What is the name for music created for a film?

a)

Beat

b)

Score

c)

Theme

d)

Mickey Mouse

17.

What is a leitmotif?

a)

A musical theme attached to a character, setting or idea

b)

Music that mimics the action on screen

c)

Music that happens underneath the actors speaking

d)

A song that plays on the radio in a scene

18.

The famous music for Jaws is known as a...

a)

Mickey Mouse

b)

Beat

c)

Leitmotif

d)

Score

19.

Often, horror movies will have familiar or non-threatening music put into a creepy context. What's a popular example of this?

a)

Lullabyes

b)

Children singing

c)

Religious songs

d)

All of the above

20.

What does "Dies Irae" translate to in English?

a)

Day of Ireland

b)

Day of Wrath

c)

Day of Happiness

d)

Day of Halloween

21.

When a character has a "theme" that is heard many times in music, what do we call it?

a)

Leitmotif

b)

Repetitive Music

c)

Copy and Pasting

d)

Lazy

22.

What is a "stinger chord?"

a)

When bees play instruments

b)

When string rays pile on top of each other

c)

When musicians attack a chord to reinforce the moment of surprise

d)

When string players poke each other with their bows

23.

What horror-related music-writing skill does the composer Penderecki utilize in "Polymorphia?"

a)

Almond Clusters

b)

Tone Clusters

c)

Mass Effect

d)

Jump Scares