Is the Great White Shark a victim of the wrong music?
Consider the great white shark.... the unfortunate recipient of attention as the antagonist of a popular horror movie, launching it into unwarranted notoriety as a pop culture monster. The attack scenes are always preceded by the familiar alternating minor second pitches in the bass voice. This familiar musical motif produces tension and anxiety in the listener. Many other visual presentations of sharks in movies are combined with music designed to provoke such feelings. Together, the music and visual imagery of the shark in the water produces the emotion of fear. Far too many animals have been needlessly killed over this same perception.
As you view the picture above you may easily combine a musical motif in your mind with the visual stimuli that produces a negative connotation of the animal. But consider instead a different type of music attached to the shark.... something Majestic? Serene? Comical? Other? Consider how the aural stimuli combines with the visual stimuli to produce an emotional perception of the final result. Changing the style of music can entirely change the viewer's perception of the image! This PBL project was inspired by the video below.
(I lay no claim to this video or music whatsoever. It is presented purely for educational purposes to help teach children about the effects of music and visual imagery in a film-scoring project).
As you view the picture above you may easily combine a musical motif in your mind with the visual stimuli that produces a negative connotation of the animal. But consider instead a different type of music attached to the shark.... something Majestic? Serene? Comical? Other? Consider how the aural stimuli combines with the visual stimuli to produce an emotional perception of the final result. Changing the style of music can entirely change the viewer's perception of the image! This PBL project was inspired by the video below.
(I lay no claim to this video or music whatsoever. It is presented purely for educational purposes to help teach children about the effects of music and visual imagery in a film-scoring project).