Week 1 - Dane

While watching the Canadian made movie “Men With Brooms,” which is a comedy about the sport of curling, I found some music and such that is new to me. By just watching the movie in general it was given a sense of a low budget, independent style and feel. The music they had in it was a big factor to that feel of the movie. While the movie itself wasn’t that great nor was the music that great it still did the job right. The music had a sound that was relatable to a local rock band. It was louder and heavier when it was appropriate or needed, and it was soft under the right circumstances as well. Another thing with the music is that it was somewhat generic in terms of the genre of rock. While the music isn’t terrible, it definitely can work for many different scenarios and stories. It certainly won’t amplify a story to a point of amazement but it’ll help keep things more exciting than complete silence.
The non-music piece that I also noticed in the movie is the dull roar that the curling rock makes when it slides across the ice. It makes a sound that could be used for some unexpected purposes. It makes this rumbling sound where with a bit of a bass boost and some slight alterations in the sound could make for something almost scary. Multiple times when I have seen stage show or movies that are in the genre of horror a common noise is a deep, rumbling sound and it would usually represent the presence of a spirit or demon present. As bizarre as it sounds, a curling rock sliding across the ice with the proper alterations could make something close to this sound and might make a horror show even creepier.