In an audio story, does the inclusion of orchestra film music and sound effects enhance the vividness of the images created in the participants’ imaginations? To answer that question, I created a sound experiment and a survey to test the above research question. One of my stories2music stories—Aurora’s Secret—has music and sound effects, so I used that […]
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Can You Hear It?
Let’s try an experiment. Listen to these film music excerpts. As you listen, jot down what the music is communicating to you. Excerpt 1 Excerpt 5 Excerpt 2 Excerpt 6 Excerpt 3 Excerpt 7 Excerpt 4 Excerpt 8 If you are like most people who have been exposed to film music for many years, […]
A Flash of Story and Music
“For sale: Baby shoes, never worn.” Believe it or not, those six words are a story. According to Josh Jones, an urban legend claims that the story was allegedly written by Ernest Hemingway to settle a bar bet that he couldn’t write a six-word story. David Mikkelson said, “Papa won the bet: His short story […]