Friday, January 29, 2010

Power of the Void

Part 1
The Internation School Of Kuala Lumpur provides an exceptional education that challenges each student to develop (silence) attitudes, skills, and understanding to become a highly successful, spirited, socially responsible global citizen.
I think I would put the silence right before the word 'attitudes.' This will make a good void because the parents in the audience will be curious to hear what their children will develop if they were to go to ISKL. Most parents are interested in what the school provides because their children's education depends on what the school has. So, putting the silence there would attract more attention from the audience, since it is before what the school will provide to the students. While there's a silence many parents will have the chance to think about what they are wanting from a school for their children to go. So, I think putting the silence there would be a very effective void that would create the most tension for the audience.
Part 2
There are many ways that the composers can use to create tension. One way is to create a period of 'silence.' Creating silence during a piece would be very effective to the audience, because the audience will be confused on what's happening, and they will also be curious on why there's silence. And this could be the chance to hook some of the audience that was thinking that the music piece was boring. Tension could be created by creatin a void, and to create a void you could start by playing double forte at the middle of the piece and suddenly stop with a void. This will surprise some of the audience because they would be confused and think that the piece had already ended. But to answer back to the audience the composer might surprise the audience again and start playing double forte. Doing this will attract many more listeners.