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Film, Music, and the Narrational Extra Dimension

Bauer, Shad A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1365444831

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2013, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Philosophy (Arts and Sciences).
This thesis addresses the role of so called nondiegetic film music, also known as background or score music, as it pertains to the overall structure of processes involved in cinematic presentation. Some of the questions that are normally asked here are: Where is this music supposed to be coming from? Who is responsible for it? What is it really doing? In addressing this common filmic feature we will clear up several foundational concepts in film, provide a rough categorization of film music, critique Jerrold Levinson’s recent attempt to answer the above questions, and ultimately arrive at a consideration of nondiegetic film music as a kind of narrational extra dimension. We will ultimately reject the view that music is instrumental in building narrative facts, in favor of one that holds music to be significant to the very processes of film narration, affecting how a film is presented.
John Bender, Dr (Advisor)
Vladimir Marchenkov, Dr (Committee Member)
Arthur Zucker, Dr (Committee Member)
88 p.
Aesthetics; Film Studies; Philosophy
Film Narration; Philosophy of Film; narrative significance; narrational significance; Film; music; narration; narrative; extra dimension; Levinson; narrative agency; indefinite narrator; narrator; ubiquitous narrators;

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  • Bauer, S. A. (2013). Film, Music, and the Narrational Extra Dimension [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1365444831

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bauer, Shad. Film, Music, and the Narrational Extra Dimension. 2013. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1365444831.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bauer, Shad. "Film, Music, and the Narrational Extra Dimension." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1365444831

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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