Banca de DEFESA: BRENO MOTA ALVARENGA

POPULAR MUSIC IN AQUARIUS: AN ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF SONGS PRE-EXISTING IN THE FILM NARRATIVE

Popular song. Film soundscape. Nostalgia.

This dissertation seeks to investigate the possibilities of using the popular song in cinema, analyzing what new meanings it is able to provide in relation to orchestrated musical themes, considering mainly the elements that differentiate it, such as lyrics, pre-established associations in a certain culture and its geographic and temporal context. For this reason, it proposes a case study of the film Aquarius (2016), by Kleber Mendonça Filho. Starting from the concept of nostalgia, the research aims to understand how the songs in the narrative are able to establish a nostalgic atmosphere in the film soundscape. Taking into account the nostalgic aspect of the main character and of the plot in general, this thesis proposes to relate this nostalgic soundscape to Clara's development, locating musical elements that help in the construction of this character. In addition, the contextualization of Aquarius in relation to the other works of the director allows for a correlation between the films, revealing an authorial mark of Kleber Mendonça Filho permeated by the use of popular song.