At the Movies Movies are made up of pictures and sound. Actors speak their lines, but there is another important sound happening—background music. This music is known as a film’s score. The score is as important as any other part of a movie, because it helps provide the mood for a scene. The score can add the extra “punch” to make a movie a success. Does the script call for feelings of awe or mystery? Sorrow or anger? Tension or joy? Filmmakers can provide a real sense of excitement or nervousness by adding music that has a quick rhythm. By emphasizing the mood, music can express the same emotions caught by the camera lens. Music can also show changes in location. You can change from a quiet forest scene to a noisy city street with the help of different styles of music. Sometimes music can even replace the actors’ dialogue. Although it will never replace the camera as the filmmaker’s favorite tool, music serves an important purpose in movie making. If the pictures are what make the meal, it is the music that provides the spice to flavor it. 1. The author wrote this passage to

At the Movies Movies are made up of pictures and sound. Actors speak their lines, but there is another important sound happening—background music. This music is known as a film’s score. The score is as important as any other part of a movie, because it helps provide the mood for a scene. The score can add the extra “punch” to make a movie a success. Does the script call for feelings of awe or mystery? Sorrow or anger? Tension or joy? Filmmakers can provide a real sense of excitement or nervousness by adding music that has a quick rhythm. By emphasizing the mood, music can express the same emotions caught by the camera lens. Music can also show changes in location. You can change from a quiet forest scene to a noisy city street with the help of different styles of music. Sometimes music can even replace the actors’ dialogue. Although it will never replace the camera as the filmmaker’s favorite tool, music serves an important purpose in movie making. If the pictures are what make the meal, it is the music that provides the spice to flavor it. 2. The main theme of this passage is that

At the Movies Movies are made up of pictures and sound. Actors speak their lines, but there is another important sound happening—background music. This music is known as a film’s score. The score is as important as any other part of a movie, because it helps provide the mood for a scene. The score can add the extra “punch” to make a movie a success. Does the script call for feelings of awe or mystery? Sorrow or anger? Tension or joy? Filmmakers can provide a real sense of excitement or nervousness by adding music that has a quick rhythm. By emphasizing the mood, music can express the same emotions caught by the camera lens. Music can also show changes in location. You can change from a quiet forest scene to a noisy city street with the help of different styles of music. Sometimes music can even replace the actors’ dialogue. Although it will never replace the camera as the filmmaker’s favorite tool, music serves an important purpose in movie making. If the pictures are what make the meal, it is the music that provides the spice to flavor it. 3. The assumes that the reader