Watch and listen to Joker (2019), with the goal of discussing how the music enhances the drama.

Choose from two to four specific scenes which could include the beginning or ending of the film. Discuss specifically the MUSIC over the action. Description of the scene is perfectly fine, but try to keep that to its essentials, and realize that this paper about music, and describing music as best you can. Try to go deeper than just saying, “The character is sad because of the music” or something equally uninformative!! Try to focus on the film “score” (the music that the characters do NOT hear). This is also called “non-diagetic” music.

also use specific “cues” in the film. For example, “At 45 minute 10 seconds (or 45’10”) the music starts low and slow-moving in strings and gradually gets faster as the character gets closer to the house. Then at 50’15, it comes to a surprising complete stop, which adds to the tension” or something along those lines. The musical vocabulary doesn’t need to be super academic, just do your best to describe music and its impact.