Category: Suspense
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About the clip:
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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.
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My compositional approach:
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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 I reitroduced the leitmotif in a major key to convey happiness and relief.
Category: Horror
About the clip​​
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 composition approach
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​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.
Category: Suspense
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About the clip:
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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.
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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.
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My compositional 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.