Through contrast and comparison, critically analyse the soundtrack, and its role in audio-visual media, by exploring two genre specific films of your choice. “An important factor in the success of a film score is the exact choice of scenes o moments where music can really speak effectively, so that it does not become a mere dim background”. (2009, p. 62) This quote from James Bernard really encapsulates the ways in which films approach their scores, this is shown in the Gothic horror, Dracula (1958) and the 1973 supernatural horror, The Exorcist. In neither film are the soundtracks “mere dim background” noise instead are extremely carefully constructed to heighten the intense horrific nature of both films. However once we look to analyse …show more content…
America experienced a particularly disorientating series of tremors and jolts. From assassinations, to the outrage and horror of an apparently senseless war, to the moral license of pornography, to the political sacrilege of executive corruption – each secular evil received its share of public attention. (1975, p.42).” Therefore this idea of evil would have been in the hearts of viewers watching. In contrast to Dracula which took viewers away from reality, in the Exorcist I feel this would have played into viewers of emotions who felt unable to control the financial, social and political issues much like possessed Regan in the film unable to control of her own body. This connection with the character makes the awful, inhuman medical treatment of Regan as well as the harrowing experience during her possession and exorcism makes the viewer really sympathise for the Regan. This is emphasised in the music of The Exorcist, Jack Nitzsche recorded many of the sound effects that make of the bulk of the movie’s soundtrack, and it is the sound effect recorded for the medical treatment that Regan undergoes in hospital that Mark Evans really believes to
He dims both the key and background lights in order to create a poor lit scene which reflects an overall gloomy tone. This scene needs requires a gloomy tone to properly empathize the incident being described as it regards a scary situation. Lastly, the final notable film technique Marsh uses in this scene regards his decision to emphasize certain sounds within the interview. Even though that there is nondiegetic music playing throughout the scene, this paper will only analysis Marsh’s amplification of the sound in Flatz’s interview at the moment she attempts to recreate the sounds Nim was making after the attack. These sounds consisted of Nim pounding on his chest to say sorry and whimpering at the same time.
Erik Larson studied Russian history, language and culture at the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated. He also got his masters in journalism from Columbia University. He has worked or wrote for Bucks County Courier Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, The Atlantic, Harper’s and The New Yorker. The events of The Devil in The White City take place during 1893 at the Worlds Colombian Exposition in Chicago. I feel this is a good book and I will probably go back and re read it just to get a better feel for it, I just wish I didn’t wait till the last minute to start reading.
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson is a compelling book about the abundance of man power that the country abruptly constructed with the Chicago World Fair of 1893. The Chicago World Fair portrayed human ingenuity with electricity, and steel with the beginning works of the Ferris wheel that would create amusement parks that are known today. The Devil in the White City creates the vision that anything was possible in this time. Doctor Holmes plays a role as a villain in The Devil in the White City by creating a business that would create a heaping amount of debt that he is not willing to pay off and murdering many of the people he would become in contact with thus by further expressing the human ingenuity of success he had from his unwillingness
Horror movies are always so intense and suspenseful, the music slowly playing in the background making you more anxious for that one scene that is about to scare you out of your chair. You know you’re
Sound is very important in this film because of lot of sound is edited to fit in certain spots including music. During the activist movement, we can clearly hear the hurt in these people voices. Riots, shouting and clapping were all heard in most of the shots along with a voice in the background explaining exactly what is going on. Music was edited into some of the scenes to help give more of a scary or haunted approach. There was also sounds that were in scenes which sounded like someone or something huge is about to take place.
He starts out in the essay as little things as to what he thinks and as the essay goes on he broadens his explanations. King goes in depth with every opinion he states and I think this made the article better. King discusses how horror movies can act like roller coasters, and they can make you scream or jump at any time through the ride. He states
What is fear? Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief of someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain or threat. In my own words fear is a feeling people get when someone is going to kill them. But not all fear is bad because some people feel fear differently How is fear used in “The Crucible” ?
Scary horror music is a real and present phenomenon, which in combination with the correct elements proves a very exciting prospect for the musical theatre horror
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”, this quote by Franklin D. Roosevelt depicts how dangerous fear truly is. By saying this, he understands the drastic effect fear can have. Even today, ISIS is using fear as one of their primary weapons. Fear can force people to undergo such actions that they would have never even imagined in their wildest dreams. This is a crippling feeling that none are truly immune to.
Without religion we have no morality, without morality we are beings of evil. “The Evil Empire” speech by Ronald Reagan, is verbal dissent of the Soviet Union and his supports for abolishment of abortion. Reagan’s speech was held in 1983 at the Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals, seemingly a tactical decision to have a crowd susceptible to a religious appeal. Using word choice and repetition, Reagan rallies the public’s support with arguments of morality using religion, a pathos and ethos appeal. Reagan begins his speech with a religious joke, though seemingly just an ice breaker, this is how Reagan beings his pathos and ethos appeal.
The dramatic contrast of dynamics between themes, pitch, chromatic harmonies and discords used in Night on Bald Mountain are still used in musical scores for horror movies. I remember hearing this music in Disney’s Fantasia and thinking, “Boy, do I need to run.” It still has that same effect. In the movie, Chernabog, the evil god, appears in the final segment of the film and summons spirits around the mountain. There’s not another score of music that could perfectly illustrate the final scene of Disney’s Fantasia than Night of Bald Mountain.
Tim Burton’s films utilize music to enrich the viewing experience of all of his films. In the introduction of the movie Edward Scissorhands, Tim Burton
In the beginning of the movie they used suspenseful music and imagery to keep the viewer more interested and make the viewer want to know what the “Secret” is and this is part of the logical chain of reasoning known as Pathos. Pathos is
An Analysis of The Sound Track For The Movie Wall-E This essay will give an analysis of sound design used in the movies and how it is as important as the moving pictures to the movie. When you use the processes of recording, editing and mixing of sounds you greatly enhance the quality of the movie. This essay is an overview of producing high quality sound from elements like music, the recording of common every day sounds and the use of hi-tech equipment. Whether it takes place in the production stage or the post- production stage of sound design.
Unhuman, warzone, dangerous are just a few words that would describe the film Sicario. During the first day of Chicanos studies I got the privilege to see this film among my fellow classmates. While watching this interesting film many things came up to my head like does this really occur, why would people live in places like this. Overall, I would say that the movie was amazing from start to finish. From the music, locations, words, and actions I would say they captured the harsh reality of how it is to live in the borderlands.