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Interview with Ali
Reza Mir Alinaghi, the Music Scholar
Composing Music for a Short Film Does Not Follow a Certain Formula
One
of most prominent researchers of Iranian music, Ali Reza Mir
Alinaghi has written numerous essays and articles about film music.
He believes that music cannot be an independent factor in short
films. “A short film has its limitations, so composing music for a
short film does not follow a certain formula”, Said Mir Alinaghi, in
an interview with daily bulletin of the festival. “It seems many
short films do not need music, and the using natural sounds are
enough for them. Nevertheless, if we want to act more subtle and
wiser, we could do minor changes in oriental sounds. For instance,
in a scene when a character is walking through a street, we could
bring down all background sounds to emphasis on its walking sound”.
Referring to a scene of “Damage” directed by Louis Malle, Mir
Alinaghi added, “When Juliette Binoche leaves the apartment which
final tragedy have happened in it, we only hear the tap sound of her
shoes, and this sound convoys her sense of sin, anxiety and
loneliness. Music has an abstract concept within, and if the
filmmaker distinguishes this abstract concept, he or she could
properly use it. Mir Alinaghi who is also editor in chief for
“Magham” monthly, said: “Short film is still one of unknown
territories of cinema, because you are not supposed to see
constantly short films on T.V. or get its CDs from video clubs. In
fact, you could only see short films in rare occasions. In other
word, if you want to see short films, you have to be a serious fan.”
Mir Alinaghi believes that laconic writing and précis writing in
literature and cinema are characteristics of these two arts. “You
see, People could easily read pocket books. Years ago when I was in
Paris, I saw a basket containing the pocket books in a subway
station. People were picking up these books, and in the next
stations were putting them in another basket. Now the government
could do something like this for short films. For instance, the
government could distribute short films on CDs for free or with low
prices. For Mir Alinaghi, cinema is the sum of all arts.” Most
interesting parts of cinema for me are documentary and short film.
Let me give you an example, years ago in many magazines or
newspapers, the articles were printed with small fonts, but now if a
magazine wants to inter the press world with such a view, it would
be unsuccessful. What the current society needs is the rich and
significant conceptions witch present briefly.
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