Papers by Aleksandra Kovac
New Theories, 2022
The paper analyses the score made of music and the one made of music silence in Ang Lee's 2005 dr... more The paper analyses the score made of music and the one made of music silence in Ang Lee's 2005 drama Brokeback Mountain, and tries to prove how skillful, precisely and emotionally navigated use of both, can accentuate all the important ideas of a film. The way we experience this story, and how strong we react to it, is partly due to its sound, musical and ambient, and the lack of it. The sharp contrast between sound and music, and the way it is used to accentuate important emotional relationships, as well as the atmosphere in this film, is as important for the storyline and the emotional engagement of the audience, as the script and the way Lee directed the film. This film features musical silence as an important tool which allows the superb dialog to unfold, giving the narrative space it deserves, and defines the atmosphere and mood of the film, as much as the music score. We notice each occurrence of every music
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Papers by Aleksandra Kovac