RHETOR 138 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Time Series, Soltyrei, Diegesis
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In buffy the vampire slayer, if you hear a song you might hear it again creation of a music arc (collection of songs and sounds used throughout the series) calls attention to itself. Scholars have analysed how music functions in buffy"s 7 seasons. Reward for faithful viewers : music arc allows new way for viewers to interact with series. Argument: the music audience pays attention to is the music that creates narrative complexity (mittell) Like characters and plotlines there are pieces of music only heard once or many times, developing an arc. Buffy"s music incorporates techniques of what newman uses to describe the arc of prime time series (pts): repetitive, recursice, crosses over into spinoffs, and fuctions at 3 levels (beats, arcs, episode), creating a music arc. Symbiotic relationship between tv creators and viewers: former take into account the opinions and views of the latter.