Sound Bridge: A sound bridge is any sound that can play into the beginning of a scene or bridge out of a scene. This could be used to show an important part of a scene or to establish the mood of a scene.
Pleonastic sound: A sound that has been amplified. For example footsteps. In a scene, pleonastic sounds of footsteps might be playing while someone is walking, so the sound of footsteps would be exaggerated in order to show what someone is doing.
Parallel sound: It is a sound that matches what is happening on the screen. For example, if there was a funeral scene, there would be slow temp quiet sad music playing in the background as that would match the mood of the scene.
Contrapuntal sound: Sound that does not match what is going on in the scene. For example in the opening sequence to the film "The Shining", the environment is beautiful but there is very creepy music playing in the background.
Synchronous sound: A sound that shows what is happening on the scene. For example, if someone were to shoot a gun, there would be a Synchronous sound played of a gunshot in order to show that a bullet has been fired out of a gun.
Asynchronous sound: It is a sound that is not related to
I expect to hear sounds of water. Rough waves at the beginning of the scene. I would expect to hear intense music. When it gets inside the boat, Sounds of water drinking. When the first dialogue starts. I expect to hear the sounds of shouting due to the character's facial expression. Sounds of more water hitting the boat. When they start to get shot, Sounds of bullets could be played. Sounds of men screaming as they get shot. When it cuts to the turrets that are being fired, there would be louder gunshot sounds. When it cuts back to the ship, I would hear urgent dialogue and screams. When they get to the beach, Footsteps sounds would be played. Water splashing sounds. I would expect to hear gasps for air. When there are explosions. When they step on land mines, I would expect to hear explosion sounds being played. Sounds of fire playing. Heavy breathing sounds. More screaming.
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At the beginning of the scene, there are Synchronous sounds of water waves splashing the boats. This helps establish the location of the scene of warships sailing in a rough sea. There is no music at all, which portrays a mysterious atmosphere in the scene. The audience doesn't know what is going to happen to these people. There are sounds of the boat engine going. There are more synchronous sounds of people vomiting. This creates meaning by introducing the audience to the scene and gives off a weird atmosphere with the lack of music.
There are then sounds of explosions playing. Then suddenly there are sounds of gunshots playing. There are pleonastic sounds of the guns firing from all the way across the beach. The sounds of the guns are amplified in order to increase the intensity of the scene. There is no music in this scene so that it makes the audience focus on the other sounds. The lack of music in the scene also makes it seem more realistic. When they jump off the ship, there are sounds of splashing, then when underwater, it is quiet to show that they are underwater. There are sounds of bullets hitting metal, showing that these bullets are going everywhere, which shows that the soldiers are not in a good situation as they won't be able to avoid the shots. There are sounds of soldiers screaming. There are then sounds of explosions being played which add to the effect of violence. At the end of the moment, there is no sound. It focuses on one of the soldiers. Maybe supposed to show that he is deaf or shell shock. This creates meaning by portraying the situation of these soldiers, it is supposed to represent the struggle they are going through in the scene. It shows how terrible their conditions are.
A lot of the sound in this scene is indicating to the terrible situation these people are in. There is no music in order to let the audience focus on the bullets and explosions of the scene which makes the viewers pay attention to all of these soldiers being killed, it shows the urgency of the scene. The lack of music also makes the scene seem a lot more realistic. The silene also builds up tension to what is about to happen, as it adds a mysterious tone to the scene. It then eventually gets to gunshots being shot suddenly then, progressing to explosions being played in the background, showing the struggle these men are going through.
Analysis of the sound in the Beatrix burial in kill bill vol 2
First, it starts off with the woman being nailed in the coffin. Synchronous sound is played when the coffin closes shut. When the hammer is hitting on the nails. Pleonastic sound is used to amplify the sound of the hammer in order to show the intensity of the scene. Non-diegetic sound is playing in the background in the form of sad music. This music shows that there is no hope for her the music is contrapuntal as it matches the theme of what is happening in the scene. Loud breathing sounds to show the fear of the character. The screen then goes silent. All that an be heard are sounds. This part creates meaning by showing what the scene is about by showing the location and showing the coffin being nailed.
There are sounds of the coffin being put in the hole. The music also stops here, it is done in order to make the audience focus on the sounds of the burial. It then starts playing sounds of dirt being put to over the hole, portraying that the burial is at its final stage. Another indication of this is the breathing sounds that get more intense as the scene progresses. The sounds of the dirt start to get more quiet showing that it's about to fill up. This keeps on progressing until the scene gets completely quiet showing that the burial has been completed. This part creates meaning by blacking out the screen to the audience can only focus on the burial which makes it seem more realistic and it also shows the mood of the scene and the intensity.
I will be analyzing the hurtwood house a1 opening title sequence called "Betty".
The scene starts with toast coming out of the toaster. The shot of the toaster is an establishing shot of the scene showing that the location of the sequence is a house. It then cuts to a girl spreading jam on the toast. The elliptical editing is used to skip the whole jam spreading process and cuts to her eating the toast. peaceful and quiet music is playing in the backround. Then cuts to a mid shot on the girls body. Mise en sine is used with the characters clothing. Its black, which indicates towards something sad and dark. It then cuts to her going into her room. Mise en scene is used with natrual lighting coming through the window. Showing the location of the scene and portraying a happy mood. It cuts through the different clothing she wants to wear. It then ends up with her deciding to wear a suit. The suit attire indicates that she is going to work. Elliptical editing is used again with the scene skipping the whole process of putting on the clothes and skips to the end of of her havin the clothing on. Mise en sine is used with her facial expression. Quite normal. Shows that she is living a normal peacful life. She puts on red lipstick.
It then cuts to the opening title saying the word "Betty". It then cuts to her walking into a new room. Mise en scene is used with her facial She has a sinister grin on her face in the first few seconds which shows that something is strange. Throughout the moment, non diegetic sound is playing in the form of creepy and scary music which shows that that the genre of this is horror. It then cuts to two people being tied up on the floor. The shot is an over shoulder shot showing the two people from the girls perspective. There is a close up on the man in order to show his struggle in the moment. Another over shoulder shot is used. The camera keeps on cutting between the girl and the people. When it cuts to the girl her smile is more evil. It then cuts to her mouth, which she says the words goodbye. There is a close up on the woman on the floor tied up showing her struggle as well. The scene blacks out then there is a diegetic sound of a gunshot, clearly showing the the woman has shot this man in the head and killing him.
The whole sequence seems normal and then it progresses, suprising the audience with a a completely different tone. However there were moments which alluded towards the final moment in the form of mise en sine. The girls clothing was black which shows that something strange about the sequence, portraying a dark tone. Her lipstick and the jam were both red. Blood is the colour of red which hints towards violence. So overall it was quite normal at the start but there were small hints that alluded to what the actual tone and atmosphere of the sequence and the genre of it.
I will be doing an analysis on the hurtwood house media opening sequence called claudia
The scene starts off with two people that seem to be fighting each other. There is intense non diegetic sound playing in the backround. The music is very intense. Editing is used to make quick cuts between the man and the woman. The camera is not focused on them, its shaky showing how intense this fight scene is. The fight ends with the man on the floor defeated. It then does a close up on the womans face showing her facial expression. Then shws a birds eye view of the man laying defeated while she takes a photo of his body. Elliptical editing is used when she starts walking to the bathroom. It starts off with her walking and then skips the journey and cuts to the bathroom in order to only focus on the important parts of the sequence. The camera then focuses on the blood on her hand. Another close up is used on te womans face while she is looking in the mirror. She then walks out of the bathroom. When she is about to get to the toilet, the camer then focuses on the man dead on the floor and also a worms a view shot of the woman walking away, indicating her power. There is non diegetic music playing in the backround. The music is rather creepy indicating towards the overall atmosphere of the scene. The music starts to get more intense and creepy and starts to increase in volume as the scene progresses. mise en sine is used with her clothing. She is wearing a suit which indicates that she is some sort of agent. Mise en sine is also used with her facial expression. It is very bland and normal which shows that this happens a lot and she is used to it. Maybe it is her job. She then looks back then does a small grin with a close up on her face. The camera then focuses on the cards that she is looking through. She then goes out side elliptical editing used to cut to her putting the card on the door. The card is zoomed in and focused on the card that says My room needs some love. It then cuts to her walking away. The camera is used to follow her walking away. Then she leaves the room. It shows that she is probably the character called claudia. She is some sort of agent tasked with killing people.
I will be doing an analysis on guardians of the galaxy vol 2
The scene starts off with an establishing shot showing that the characters are in some sort of space planet. The camera is then focused on the little creature. The focuse on the creature blurs out the backround which shows the screatures significance in the scene. Diegetic music then starts to be played. It is quite playful music. Editing is then used to freeze the scene. It freezes the scene then when mise on scene is used with the creatures pose. The pose is supposed to look funny as the creature is doing a menacing look even though he is tiny. Editing is used to show the title of the film, guardians of the galaxy.
When the creature starts dancing and moving the camera, starts to zoom out very slowly to follow his movements. This is done to show that he is the focus of attention in the scene. The camera then zooms out stopping at a mid shot showing the man is not having a good time which reveals more about the characters by showing more. A man comes flying in. The shot duration is very long in order to show that the focus is on the small creature. There are diegetic sounds of explosions in the backround in order to show the anarchy thats going on while the small creature is dancing. Mise en sine is used with the creatures movements. The are playful. The camera then zooms in on him again. The camera starts panning to the left slightly in order to follow his movements and and in order to show more of the battle that is occuring in the backround. Mise on scene is used the creatures movements to show that he is having a good time. It then zooms into a close up onto his face in order to show his facial expression, further showing that he is enjoying himself.
The camera is then used by focusing on him again while bluring the backround. Pans to the right to follow his movements. further along in the scene. The camera zooms out a lot showing another creature. The small creature starts chasing down this creature. It zooms in on them. The camera then closly follows them. It then continues into a birds eye view of them and shows the location. Below them is some sort of city, this helps establish the setting of the scene. The camera continues to follow the creature until he falls off. There are still diegetic sounds of explosions playing The scene ends with the music stopping because a large man has fell on the radio.
I will be analyzing the opening title sequence to the movie, sexy beast. In the opening, an establishing shot is used. The camera is focused on the sun for a while. It then cuts to a birds-eye view of the Man. he camera then starts to zoom in on the man laying down. It switches To a close up on his body. Then the music starts to play. The music is non-diegetic playful music. hen the man gets up to talk to the boy, editing is used to make cuts between the boy and the man which is supposed to show that a conversation is going on. The man and the boy have a friendly relationship. Mise en sine is used to show this as the boy acts cheeky with the man. It then cuts to a birds-eye view of him again When laying down again.
It then cuts to a woman driving a car. The camera is at a mid-shot when recording her driving. Only focuses on her back in order to not reveal who she is. In the part before, there was a birds-eye view shot of two hearts in the pool. Editing is used by doing this shot directly after the birds-eye view of the hearts which indicates that she is his girlfriend. Mise en sine is used with a shot of a car going the opposite direction to the woman which indicates the isolation of the man's house that she is going to. The non-diegetic sound of the music in the background is still playing. The diegetic sound of a car is playing on order to show that she is driving fast.
The mise on scene is used with the mans accent. It is cockney. It makes him seem like a stereotypical gangster. A far shot is used on the house they are living in. It shows that they are isolated. It hints that he is hiding.
It then switches to another cose up on the man's face. When he stands up, there is a worm's eye view of him.When he stands up, the title comes up and says sexy beasts. There was a mid-shot of him picking up something. It then cuts to a shot behind his back. It then cuts to a Point of view shot of a boulder that is rolling down a hill. There is diegetic sound of rock rolling. The audience can barely hear it because of the playful music in the background. The music stops when the rock hits the pool.
