Workshop Diegetic Music

Workshop: Creating diagetic music

For this workshop we were looking at diagetic music/ we had to find a short moving image scene that contains diagetic music such as radio, nightclub, record player, phone ringtone ect. Or a film sequence that we could add diagetic music to.

Once we picked the film sequence we had to mute the scene and add or replace the music that was originally there with a different diagetic soundtrack. The music that we choose had to change or add to the mood and meaning of the scene. I did a few film sequences for this workshop because I wanted to be as creative as possible with diegetic music. The film sequences that I picked is Casper the dance scene, Queen of the dammed, the club scene, and A Cinderella Story a dance scene. I picked these scenes because there were a lot of chances to add diagetic music. 

After I picked the film sequence I moved on to editing, in Reaper and made it sound diagetic. For the first film sequence that I looked at I changed the volume of the music at sometimes it was loud and when talking intervened I lower the music. So that the mood and meaning was still conveyed in the right sense. For the second film sequence that I looked at the music was quite loud because I wanted to create a heavy rock atmosphere then again when the talking came in I lower the music then towards the end of the film sequence I loudened the music to give a dramatic and effective effect. And for the last sequence I looked at the volume of the music was very low and soft to convey a romantic mood and meaning.

Improvements 

Seeing that I have done a variety of workshops I’ve learned some good skills, which is why I wouldn't change or improve anything. I feel as if I did this task good and I found it very enjoyable.