Given that our coursework piece will provide the opening sequence, and presumably the opening credits of a film, we will need to find a piece of music to accompany it and provide the atmosphere we are hoping to create.
I began researching various leitmotifs famous to films within the thriller genre. A few obvious ones, catalysed my research, for example Jaws [John Williams] which provided the ominous approach of the shark, repeatedly throughout the film.
Another famous recurring theme, is 'The Imperial March' [Star Wars], which can now only be associated with Darth Vader due to its usage at systematic points throughout the film.
I did a lot of internet research, and found that leitmotif's were used to create a more intense and potentially character personal atmosphere at points in a film. M [Fritz Lang] implores a vastly well know score as a central leitmotif, where the serial killer, Hans Beckert [Peter Lorre] whistles 'In the Hall of the Mountain King' [Edvard Grieg] before he murders.
The potentially bright music, when coupled with the oxymoronic implied pedophile, sets a contradictory tone, most often used in psychological thrillers.
Music plays a huge role in transforming the visual aspects of a film into a whole experience and for this reason I think it will be very important to the overall feel of our piece to find a musical score that works with the shots to provide the atmosphere we hope to create. It is unlikely that we will be able to incorporate our own leitmotif, however with the opening few minutes, we could theoretically set the groundwork for a recurrence later on in the film.
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