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    Wall-E Define Dancing

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    The document provides a timeline and analysis of the musical features in a scene from the movie Wall-E. It outlines the timestamps and describes the music used to reflect the action on screen. The music progresses from silence at the beginning to represent the emptiness of space, to dissonant strings when Wall-E produces a plant, to a harp-led ostinato and major key music when Wall-E and Eve follow each other and dance.

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    The document provides a timeline and analysis of the musical features in a scene from the movie Wall-E. It outlines the timestamps and describes the music used to reflect the action on screen. The music progresses from silence at the beginning to represent the emptiness of space, to dissonant strings when Wall-E produces a plant, to a harp-led ostinato and major key music when Wall-E and Eve follow each other and dance.

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    The document provides a timeline and analysis of the musical features in a scene from the movie Wall-E. It outlines the timestamps and describes the music used to reflect the action on screen. The music progresses from silence at the beginning to represent the emptiness of space, to dissonant strings when Wall-E produces a plant, to a harp-led ostinato and major key music when Wall-E and Eve follow each other and dance.

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    96 views3 pages

    Wall-E Define Dancing

    Uploaded by

    M PITTS
    The document provides a timeline and analysis of the musical features in a scene from the movie Wall-E. It outlines the timestamps and describes the music used to reflect the action on screen. The music progresses from silence at the beginning to represent the emptiness of space, to dissonant strings when Wall-E produces a plant, to a harp-led ostinato and major key music when Wall-E and Eve follow each other and dance.

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    Wall-E Define Dancing

    Using the clip below create a timeline that outlines the key musical
    features. You need to take note of how music reflects the action on
    screen. You will need to create time stamps as well as sentences
    describing the music.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPW3mvAN0Rc

    Time Stamp: Action: Music:

    0.00- 0.40 Wall-E and Eve are floating There is no music at this
    around in space. point in the scene, the
    scene is punctuated by SfX.
    The silence is used to
    represent the emptiness of
    space.

    Electronic and studio


    effects.

    0.42 - 0.57 Wall-E produces a plant, The music enters, and there
    the supposed destruction of is a succession of dissonant
    Eve which he had originally strings which resolves into
    assumed responsibility for. a Db major key
    which is fully scored.
    Hug embrace
    A more fully developed
    chord is heard

    0.58 -1.24 Wall-E and Eve follow each Eve’s kiss sparks the main
    other round space. musical cue of the scene -
    this a harp led ostinato that
    matches Wall-E spins as he
    reacts to Eve. The cue
    changes into harp like
    arpeggio’s, in a major key
    with a tonic pedal and two
    adjacent major chords.

    1.24-1.43 A middle section with Bb


    minor - F major, Gb maj-
    Db maj, Emaj - B maj, Gb
    maj - Db maj, E maj - F#
    maj.

    F# major becomes Gb maj


    and moves to Ab maj
    dominant.

    At 1.28 tambourine hits


    enter as they float around
    the engines – these happen
    every beat — harder hit at
    start of every bar
    accentuates this percussive
    effect
    At 1.28 harp melody drops
    out
    Strings (violins) enter with
    very legato new melodic
    motif – chordal, move every
    bar – rising 2nd is repeated
    (ie 4 bars)
    Lower strings, eg cellos,
    have a descending repeated
    motif of 4 conjunct notes as
    accompaniment
    There’s a crescendo
    through this motif
    At 1.36 harps reenter with
    their established motif for 4
    bars
    Synthetic sounds work as
    accompaniment this time
    with a descending phrase as
    Wall-E and Eve fly around
    the engines.

    1.56-2.47 John looks out the Arpeggio from flute.


    spaceship window as
    Wall-E and EVE are dancing
    together.

    2.04
    02:04 - Bass guitar brings
    the music back to the main
    theme.
    John and Mary touch hands.

    2.08
    A flute note is held then
    Wall-E and EVE spin descends freely.
    together outside, still racing
    around the ship. Violins hold a long high
    2.18 notes. Repeated two notes,
    a minor 3rd apart, in flutes.
    We see the workings of the
    control room. Captain is String chords held.
    heard talking.

    He is told to go to bed.
    2.26

    The main theme returns.

    2.45

    2.48-end The final part of the scene The music here is more
    focuses more on the background and combines
    humans, who have become some of the ideas from the
    obese and feeble due to earlier dance with more
    their dissonant and reflective
    sedentary lifestyle and sounds.
    unhealthy diet. The
    Ending with Sfx as the door
    shuts.

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