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n Spring, a young shepard confronts ancient spirits in order to end the winter season. In the provided scene, the shepard strikes a staff to the ground. Large magical creatures, which had been shrouding the forest in darkness, disperse and the winter thaws. Spring is a Blender Studio film released in 2019 under the Creative Commons 4.0 license. Spring was written and directed by Andreas Goralczyk and produced by Ton Roosendaal and Francesco Siddi. The provided scene is a trimmed edit of the full film that isolates the spring thaw sequence. Original Dialogue and Sound Effects © Blender Foundation. My approach Tried to create an underlying theme that was both mysterious and hopeful as Spring awakens the land. Added countermelodies for different picture, including a leitmotif for the girl and dog. Used a big swell at the end as camera pans to top of the mountain, )Contour tracker attached...did not include for last week because I thought it was due this week).

The provided scene is from the short film Spring. In Spring, a young shepherd confronts ancient spirits in order to end the winter season. In the provided scene, the shepherd and her dog are chased through a dark forest by magical creatures resembling large trees. Spring is a Blender Studio film released in 2019 under the Creative Commons 4.0 license. Spring was written and directed by Andreas Goralczyk and produced by Ton Roosendaal and Francesco Siddi. The provided scene is a trimmed edit of the full film that isolates the chase sequence. Original Dialogue and Sound Effects © Blender Foundation. My approach: I used a descending bass line (played by bass and strings) against some pizzicato strings to create suspense. Introduced the leitmotif for the heroine at 26 seeconds, but in minor key. Used a chromatic ascending line for the dog catching the magic flame. Dramatically raised the suspense and tension by adding to the descending line and pizzicato stings, abrupty ending right before the heroine grabs the flame to avert a crushing demise. :). Then reitroduced the leitmotif in major key to convey happiness and relief.

In Sprite Fright, several young friends stumble upon a group of mysterious sprites while camping in the woods. The provided scene begins with the friends falling asleep at night. The protagonist of the film, a young girl, then awakes to the sound of breaking glass. She hears spooky nighttime sounds. She gets up and finds that her founds have been captured by the attacking sprites. Sprite Fright is a Blender Studio film released in 2021 under the Creative Commons 4.0 license. Sprite Fright was written and directed by Matthew Luhn and produced by Francesco Siddi. The provided scene is a trimmed edit of the full film that isolates the horror sequence. Original Dialogue and Sound Effects © Blender Foundation. My approach Started with a light luluaby and added harmony. After glass break, added strings and lullaby melody transposed to minor key. Use lots of "jungle percussion" for dancing sprites, added more tension, returned to dissonant leitmotif, ended on dissonant chord.

The provided scene is the opening sequence of Night of the Living Dead. In the scene, a car drives on a winding road while the film's title and credits are displayed. The driver and passenger are going to visit their father's grave, and at the end of the scene they arrive at a cemetery. My approach: I started off with some climbing strings to simulate the uphill driving sequence. Introduced a leitmotif for the title slide, then continued with climbing dissonant strings. Introduced a more consonant cadence as soon as the cemetery is shown; quickly followed by the leitmotif in the more consonant key. Shifted to more dissonance as the car moves through the cemetery, included a brief minor version of the "Star Soangled Banner as we see the flag. Employed more dissonant descending chords to accompany the descending car, abrupty stopping for the girl's opening dialogue. During the dialogue with the brother, slowly crescendo'd during the dialogue between brother and sister. Insert the leitmotif one more time during a break in the dialogue.

Sintel tells the story of a young girl who adopts a pet dragon. In the provided scene, the young girl cries after losing the pet dragon. As she walks away, a recently orphaned baby dragon follows her, giving the audience a hint of hope. Sintel is a Blender Studio film released in 2010 under the Creative Commons 4.0 license. Sintel was directed by Colin Levy and produced by Ton Roosendaal. The provided scene is a trimmed edit of the full film that isolates a sad scene near the end of the film. Original Dialogue and Sound Effects © Blender Foundation. My approach: I tried to aid the emotional shift of the piece by radically changing the instrumentation and mode (minor to major) once the new baby dragon appears.

This is the reboot scene from "Charge", written and directed by Hjalti Hjalmarsson and produced by Francesco Siddi. Charge is a Blender Studio film released in 2022 under the Creative Commons 4.0 license. In "Charge"a humanoid robot breaks into an energy facility to steal a fully charged battery. The humanoid returns home with the battery and uses it to reboot a loved one. My approach: I tried to create tension at the top of the scene, because the fate of the robot was unknown. I gave the robot a leitmotif, but did not use the last note of the leitmotif because the outcome was unclear. When the battery is inserted and the robot is revived, I complete the leitmotif changing the harmony from minor to major. I follow in the related major key and then use the leitmlotif again, but resolving to another major key.