Workshop #5 - Music

 Keywords - 

Key - Major (happy) and Minor (Sad) 

Tempo - Speed/Pace of music (Fast/ slow/ moderate)

Dynamics - Volume (Loud/Quiet)

RUES DEATH SCENE -

Minor key, the atmosphere that is created as a result is mournful, depressed, slow tempo adds to mournful effect, gradually comes into hearing range and slowlu grows into a soft quiet sound, creates a sad effect with the slow and quiet combination. Grows louder when she does the 3 finger salute to build tension and intensity that builds up to the riots in 11.

What happens in this scene - Rue is killed, katniss tries to give her body the closest thing to a burial that she can to show her respect for rue.
Colour/Lighting - White flowers, Natural lighting, Greens (White flowers symbolise innocence and purity, rue never killed anyone, she was kind and compassionate, the victim of the games and the capitol.) 
Shots/Angles - Medium close-ups - Rue and Katniss, see their emotions + facial expressions - anguish
High angle - Weak and vulnerable - rue is innocent and is a blameless victim. 
Effect on viewers - Atmosphere of remorse/intense sadness, as the volume increases it builds the intensity of the emotions portrayed in this scene. - we see emotions are contagious - hope. 
Directors Purpose - Feel Katniss's emotions at that moment - Remorse, anger, hopelessness, acceptance, rebellion. - Symbol 3 finger salute is a sign of defiance and aggression towards the game makers - you will not take my humanity, and also a symbol of unification with those who have lost loved ones to the games. 

Music is used to create an atmosphere of sorrow and remorse in Rue's death scene. In this scene, Rue is tragically killed and we see katniss dealing with the result of the slaughter of her friend. For Instance, The tempo of the music is slow, the dynamics are soft and quiet and the key is minor to reflect the emotional rollercoaster that Katniss is experiencing. Like the music, Katniss moves slowly and methodically to cover rues body in white flowers. As she finishes creating the burial for Rue the music builds in volume showing the increasing intensity of her anger and grief towards the capitol. This makes us understand the pain experienced by the families and friends of tributes that are brutally slaughtered each year. This was done to enable the audience to experience the characters' emotions. This worked well with the use of white flowers to symbolise rues innocence and purity, the high angle shot makes rue seem weak and vulnerable. Combined with the music we are shown that rue is a victim of the capitols cruelty.