Music And The Mind

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in types of films. If this is the case, then it follows that certain aspects of composition should appear regularly across films of a certain genre or of similar type.
For the sake of clarity, basic terminology, expressions and concepts from the world of film music should be explained so that concepts developed throughout the project are readily understandable to those unfamiliar with the process of scoring for film. Screening is a term for the actual viewing process. Before any concepts can be formed, before any music can be composed, the composer must screen the film, making note of their instinctive, primary reactions to the film. The smallest individual moment of music in a film is known as a cue. A cue can be relatively long or short, depending on the needs of the scene in a film. Each cue in a film has a calculated purpose determined by many people including but not limited to the composer, director, producer, editor, music editor and so forth. Additionally, these people decide when music will occur during a film and exactly when the mu...