Questions and Topics We Can Help You To Answer:
Paper Instructions:
Movie name:
"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”
a. The underscoring for this film can be described as having a magical, childlike mood. Pick a
specific scene where you feel the underscoring best represented this mood.
1. Briefly describe the dramatic action for this scene. [complete sentences]
2. What musical sounds and aspects of music (i.e. dynamics, tempo, melody, etc.)
helped to create this magical, childlike mood?
b. Overall, do you feel that the underscoring for this film complements the dramatic action? Why
or why not?