Harry Potter

Harry Potter final.

Evaluation

1.        What style or feel of music did you use for the credit sequence and why?

The style of music I used for the opening credit sequence was loud and was ‘two drums’ which played over repeatedly. The drums were deep and created a rhythm. The reason why I used the drums as it created the specific atmosphere which I wanted to create. It gave a stern but mysterious impression, which I wanted to be clearly shown at this part of the video.  The drums being run throughout the entire opening sequence also gives of the impression that the mood of the opening scene has been set and you can tell what type of opening this film will have

How effective do you think your sequence is for the credit sequence & titles?

I would say the effectiveness is 7 out of 10 as it is successful in creating the rhythm and creating a underlying mood of how the opening film will start.

2.        What style of music did you use for the playground sequence and why?                                                                    

At the playground scene I used different types of music; at the start when you see the shots of the roundabout and other features there is a sound bridge and we carry on using the happy environmental music as we used in the scene before. We do this because we believe it is parallel to the scene and it shows the audience that in this moment in time the mood is calm, relaxed and nice.  As the mood slowly shifts we show this with the quieting of the music to show the happy mood is lowering, just like the volume, we then add in other mysterious music to show the mood has completely changed, then we add in environmental sounds to complement the scene as the mood has completely shifted, and the music we use emphasizes this alongside the visual effects.         

The effectiveness of for our music I would say is about a 6 or 7 as it could have flowed better but was still detrimental in setting the mood for particularly important moments.                     

3.        What style of music did you use for the sequence when the dementors appeared and why? How do you feel the music and feel changed? To what extent did you manage to convey the change in mood?                 

When the dementors appear we add more music in which has a more sinister feel to it, once again changing the mood of the previous scene, it’s also dark, like the dementors that connotes the evil which is currently taking place. Our music still sounded fairly similar apart from the underlying mysterious tone but I feel the mood still changed to a slightly more sinister mood.  I think we conveyed the significant change in mood to a poor extent, the music was not to distinct from the music we had used before we did not signify a change in mood. 

I think the effectiveness of our dementors scene is around a 5 or 6 due to the fact when the mood changes, the music doesn't change a lot to emphasize it.

         

4.        As a whole I’m pleased with the sequence especially between 0:01 and 2.53; at this point I believe the effectiveness of our sequence dropped and didn't maintain the standards of the previous scenes, but I am still pleased with the sequence overall.

Overall I would say that our soundtrack is pretty effective , even though it loses its effectiveness halfway through the clip,  overall I would say our effectiveness for this clip is a 5 out of 10.