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tell your story change the conversation
colonized by students TEDx youth at shc
human behavior is truly fascinating I
myself have always been a curious
observer and since I was little girl
I’ve enjoyed watching people react to
optical illusions or mind games or even
just unfamiliar experiences for example
I would always have a million questions
after watching a movie or reading a book
how was the Little Mermaid so intrigued
by humans that she was willing to give
up everything or how did Lord Voldemort
love power and immortality so much that
he was willing to pursue it at any cost
observing people’s reactions to
different phenomena was and still is
fascinating to me
so psychology has always been a big part
of my life but I began discovering a
seemingly completely different passion
in middle school when I was in the sixth
or seventh grade I was watching the
latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie
when I noticed how the theme song flowed
beautifully through the different scenes
so I excitedly started learning how to
play it on the piano and as I spent more
and more time with the composition I
began picking up on all its little
nuances this was the start of my passion
for film and soundtracks I explored more
into the huge collection of film scores
on Spotify and I discovered some of my
favorite composers now you may not have
heard of them but unless you’ve been
living under a rock you’ve definitely
heard their music Hans Zimmer who
composed the otherworldly soundtracks of
Inception and my favorite movie
interstellar Thomas Newman who composed
both finding nemo and finding dory and
the latest two James Bond films and
Alexandre de soie who composed the last
two Harry Potter films most people don’t
pay too much attention to the music and
a movie but just imagine
how different the experience of watching
a movie would be if it wasn’t there but
that’s the whole point isn’t it the
music is supposed to further convey and
deepen the visual experience of watching
a movie without being noticed but if you
keep an ear out the next time you watch
a movie
you’ll hear pure magic in the form of
sound now this opened up an entirely
different world for me if you’re like me
and your Spotify playlist at film scores
is past 365 songs or you can identify
the composer of a new song just by
recognizing their signature style you
know you’ve taken this to a whole new
level so whenever I watch a new movie
one part of my brain is closely
listening for all these little details
in the music and if you listen well
enough you can sometimes even guess
what’s about to happen in the movie just
based on the tone of the song the music
is supposed to further reflect and build
on the characters emotions whether it be
a rapid drumbeat during an action scene
or a slow cello sequence during a
heartfelt moment the composer adds to
the storytelling by making just the
right type of music and it adds that
extra element to what the actors are
portraying and enhances how you as the
viewer experience that story for example
check out the scene from Harry Potter
and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 directed
by david gates and composed by alexandre
des voix in this clip 17-year old Harry
has to bury his friend Dobby the elf
Dobby was a lovable and loyal character
that has been present since Harry was 12
years old
take a look
Owens variant
[Music]
properly without magic
[Music]
[Music]
[Music]
[Music]
now that gave me chills just imagine how
different that clip would have been
without the music while the scene itself
is powerful the music is the reason why
the viewers are able to feel the
emotions of the characters like I said
pure magic in the form of sound now what
about my passion for psychology
psychology and film are closely related
even though it’s hard to find that
connection at first psychology involves
observing human behavior while making a
film means that the director and the
composer really need to understand human
behavior so that they can breathe life
into their characters by digging deep
within these emotions the director can
create the most realistic film possible
and the composer can reinforce those
emotions in the soundtrack many
composers do this so well that their
scores have put me at the edge of my
seat and I kid you not
almost reduce me to tears but there’s a
more scientific aspect to this
connection as well nearer scientist Ori
Hassan shared the results of one of his
experiments in this experiment he had
people either tell or listen to stories
while being put through an fMRI scanner
now before the stories began each
person’s neural responses in their
auditory cortices were different and
unsynchronized but once the storytelling
began all their neural responses synced
up and moved in the same way this is
called
neural and treatment when we hear a
speech or we take in stories our neural
responses sync up people experience the
same intensity of emotion when they’re
watching a movie even if it’s in
different languages is this because
their neural responses sync up when they
watch the movie or hear the soundtrack
this is part of the reason why a movie
score is so crucial for the viewers to
really understand the emotions of a
movie it’s almost like all our brains
are onboard the same train and the
composer is taking us on a journey but
let’s take it a step further what other
connections can we find between music
and the human psyche psychology involves
observing human behavior so
if a composer can channel the human
emotions that they observe into the
music that they create then perhaps a
psychologist can correlate music with
emotions to understand what their
patient is feeling what if we were able
to ease a patient by playing just the
right type of music what if we were able
to correlate music with memories to help
Alzheimer’s patients improve their
memories what if we could extend even
their brief moments of remembrance but
let’s go even further
imagine the therapeutic possibilities if
we use music in virtual reality to bring
an entire world complete with characters
and realistic sounds to hospitalized or
bedridden patients we’d be able to bring
the experience of climbing Mount Everest
or hiking the Inca Trail to people for
whom these experiences would otherwise
be impossible there are so many new
things for us to try and keeping an open
mind to all these different fields can
really allow us to expand the range of
research exponentially now I myself
don’t know what the full impact of
combining these fields is but I plan to
study psychology neuroscience and film
as I began college in the fall and I’m
really excited to see where they take me
and what I can do to contribute to these
kinds of research to quote a fantastic
movie Doctor Strange composed by Michael
Giacchino you wonder what I see in your
future possibility and the possibilities
are truly endless thank you
tell your story change the conversation
colonized by students TEDx youth at shc
human behavior is truly fascinating I
myself have always been a curious
observer and since I was little girl
I’ve enjoyed watching people react to
optical illusions or mind games or even
just unfamiliar experiences for example
I would always have a million questions
after watching a movie or reading a book
how was the Little Mermaid so intrigued
by humans that she was willing to give
up everything or how did Lord Voldemort
love power and immortality so much that
he was willing to pursue it at any cost
observing people’s reactions to
different phenomena was and still is
fascinating to me
so psychology has always been a big part
of my life but I began discovering a
seemingly completely different passion
in middle school when I was in the sixth
or seventh grade I was watching the
latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie
when I noticed how the theme song flowed
beautifully through the different scenes
so I excitedly started learning how to
play it on the piano and as I spent more
and more time with the composition I
began picking up on all its little
nuances this was the start of my passion
for film and soundtracks I explored more
into the huge collection of film scores
on Spotify and I discovered some of my
favorite composers now you may not have
heard of them but unless you’ve been
living under a rock you’ve definitely
heard their music Hans Zimmer who
composed the otherworldly soundtracks of
Inception and my favorite movie
interstellar Thomas Newman who composed
both finding nemo and finding dory and
the latest two James Bond films and
Alexandre de soie who composed the last
two Harry Potter films most people don’t
pay too much attention to the music and
a movie but just imagine
how different the experience of watching
a movie would be if it wasn’t there but
that’s the whole point isn’t it the
music is supposed to further convey and
deepen the visual experience of watching
a movie without being noticed but if you
keep an ear out the next time you watch
a movie
you’ll hear pure magic in the form of
sound now this opened up an entirely
different world for me if you’re like me
and your Spotify playlist at film scores
is past 365 songs or you can identify
the composer of a new song just by
recognizing their signature style you
know you’ve taken this to a whole new
level so whenever I watch a new movie
one part of my brain is closely
listening for all these little details
in the music and if you listen well
enough you can sometimes even guess
what’s about to happen in the movie just
based on the tone of the song the music
is supposed to further reflect and build
on the characters emotions whether it be
a rapid drumbeat during an action scene
or a slow cello sequence during a
heartfelt moment the composer adds to
the storytelling by making just the
right type of music and it adds that
extra element to what the actors are
portraying and enhances how you as the
viewer experience that story for example
check out the scene from Harry Potter
and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 directed
by david gates and composed by alexandre
des voix in this clip 17-year old Harry
has to bury his friend Dobby the elf
Dobby was a lovable and loyal character
that has been present since Harry was 12
years old
take a look
Owens variant
[Music]
properly without magic
[Music]
[Music]
[Music]
[Music]
now that gave me chills just imagine how
different that clip would have been
without the music while the scene itself
is powerful the music is the reason why
the viewers are able to feel the
emotions of the characters like I said
pure magic in the form of sound now what
about my passion for psychology
psychology and film are closely related
even though it’s hard to find that
connection at first psychology involves
observing human behavior while making a
film means that the director and the
composer really need to understand human
behavior so that they can breathe life
into their characters by digging deep
within these emotions the director can
create the most realistic film possible
and the composer can reinforce those
emotions in the soundtrack many
composers do this so well that their
scores have put me at the edge of my
seat and I kid you not
almost reduce me to tears but there’s a
more scientific aspect to this
connection as well nearer scientist Ori
Hassan shared the results of one of his
experiments in this experiment he had
people either tell or listen to stories
while being put through an fMRI scanner
now before the stories began each
person’s neural responses in their
auditory cortices were different and
unsynchronized but once the storytelling
began all their neural responses synced
up and moved in the same way this is
called
neural and treatment when we hear a
speech or we take in stories our neural
responses sync up people experience the
same intensity of emotion when they’re
watching a movie even if it’s in
different languages is this because
their neural responses sync up when they
watch the movie or hear the soundtrack
this is part of the reason why a movie
score is so crucial for the viewers to
really understand the emotions of a
movie it’s almost like all our brains
are onboard the same train and the
composer is taking us on a journey but
let’s take it a step further what other
connections can we find between music
and the human psyche psychology involves
observing human behavior so
if a composer can channel the human
emotions that they observe into the
music that they create then perhaps a
psychologist can correlate music with
emotions to understand what their
patient is feeling what if we were able
to ease a patient by playing just the
right type of music what if we were able
to correlate music with memories to help
Alzheimer’s patients improve their
memories what if we could extend even
their brief moments of remembrance but
let’s go even further
imagine the therapeutic possibilities if
we use music in virtual reality to bring
an entire world complete with characters
and realistic sounds to hospitalized or
bedridden patients we’d be able to bring
the experience of climbing Mount Everest
or hiking the Inca Trail to people for
whom these experiences would otherwise
be impossible there are so many new
things for us to try and keeping an open
mind to all these different fields can
really allow us to expand the range of
research exponentially now I myself
don’t know what the full impact of
combining these fields is but I plan to
study psychology neuroscience and film
as I began college in the fall and I’m
really excited to see where they take me
and what I can do to contribute to these
kinds of research to quote a fantastic
movie Doctor Strange composed by Michael
Giacchino you wonder what I see in your
future possibility and the possibilities
are truly endless thank you
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