Perceptual experiment investigating the effect of sad and happy music on perceptions of fate and mood in text

• Main Author: Wong, Astrid Siew Me
• Other Authors: Khong Andy Wai Hoong
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Visual arts and music::Music
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/64413
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This project investigates the music-listening habits of the people living in Singapore. Music is often referred to as the “language of emotions”. Over the years, the reason why music evokes emotion is still relatively unknown, and it has sparked interest in researchers to continuously look into the relationship between music and emotion. The effect of music in films — evoking emotions — is undoubtedly significant. Music placed appropriately in film is usually intended to bring the audience to certain emotional states. In film, text can be brought to life and this brings us to question: does music bring the same effect to film as to text?