Music within a TV show can allow the viewer to fall more into the immersion of the feeling you are trying to portray within that certain scene. Whether that be the addition of music or the subtraction.
The movie scene I would like to use as an example is a scene in the movie Hancock. In this scene, a man called John, who has superhuman powers, finds himself in prison after the civilians of the town show outrage at the damages that he would do to the city after saving people that were in danger. Within prison, he is playing basketball and upon missing, it goes over the fence. Since he has superhuman abilities, he jumps over the tall prison fence to retrieve the ball. It is only then that he is greeted with the opportunity to fly off, as the prison itself has no way of restraining him in regard to his abilities, allowing him to get out of any situation that’s upon him. It is only the will of his mind and his thought of change that convinces him to jump back over the gate and return to the basketball court. During this scene. The music in the back gives you a sense of mystery and a loss of direction using instruments such as a guitar and a violin. When he jumps over the fence. The guitar stops, and the violin holds a note to allow the viewers to relate with the train of thought going through John’s mind. This makes the music become very empathetic as the instruments take on the feeling and the thought of what is happening in the scene and in John’s mind. As soon as he jumps back over the fence, the tone of the music changes into more of a feeling of victory and has a sense that he has overcome something. Using these gaps and tones, it allows the viewer to be taken along the story without using the power of words. To me that shows impact.
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