In the world of film and cinema today, image and sound are consistently shown to have an intertwined relationship. Often times, the images shown off screen are seemingly meaningless without the sounds surrounding them, and vice versa. In a perfect world, these two aspects of film are combined to complement the story that is being presented, as each brings a side to the story that the other cannot provide. The way that sound is used can often evoke a different meaning to the image on the screen. When sound is used correctly in a film, it is meant to bring out emotion from the viewer about the images shown on-screen. For example, when a character is showing emotion on screen, often times music played to match this emotion can help the viewer
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This music is used to evoke a slight fear in the viewer that Anna may not ever be found.
Without the music, the viewer would not feel the urgency of the search for Anna that he or she feels when the music combines with the characters frantic searching around the island. There are many shots in this scene, as well as in the whole film, when the camera shoots a close up of Claudia looking very worried. In these shots, the non-diegetic music helps to add to the worry that Claudia is displaying, and helps to make the viewers feel this worry. The music played throughout the film adds to one of the underlying ideas of the film that something always doesn’t seem right. When everyone on the island first begin to realize that Anna is missing, everyone seems to think it is a joke and that she is simply playing a game with them. This is about the time that the eerie, haunting music first comes in, which immediately drives the viewer to think that it is possible that something bad has actually happened and that Anna has actually gone missing. Many times in this scene, the camera slowly pans from a shot of one of the characters to an empty landscape, such as the edge of a cliff or the bottom of a rocky ledge. These shots, combined with the haunting music being played, bring the viewer back to …show more content…
Throughout the scene where Anna is lost on the island, there are two major diegetic sounds from nature that are in the background of almost every shot. The sound of the wind blowing and the sound of waves crashing into the rocks on the shore of the island are consistently background noise to what is going on in each scene. These sounds help to add a certain element of chaos to this scene as the group searches for Anna. Obviously, this scene is already very chaotic as everybody is frantically searching around the island for Anna, but the added sound helps the viewer to feel how chaotic the situation actually is. The fact that the sound is diegetic is important as well. It is important that not only the audience can hear the sounds, but that the characters can hear them, because then they are able to actually feel the extra turmoil that is going on around them, adding to emotions that they project to the camera. If the characters feel frantic and worried because of the booming wind and crashing waves, then they are going to project that to the camera, and the audience will then have a deeper emotional connection to the scene. Not only do these sounds evoke emotion out of the characters, they make the scene feel more realistic overall. For example, when the audience sees Claudia’s hair blowing on-screen, they can only assume that it is
This music is used to evoke a slight fear in the viewer that Anna may not ever be found.
Without the music, the viewer would not feel the urgency of the search for Anna that he or she feels when the music combines with the characters frantic searching around the island. There are many shots in this scene, as well as in the whole film, when the camera shoots a close up of Claudia looking very worried. In these shots, the non-diegetic music helps to add to the worry that Claudia is displaying, and helps to make the viewers feel this worry. The music played throughout the film adds to one of the underlying ideas of the film that something always doesn’t seem right. When everyone on the island first begin to realize that Anna is missing, everyone seems to think it is a joke and that she is simply playing a game with them. This is about the time that the eerie, haunting music first comes in, which immediately drives the viewer to think that it is possible that something bad has actually happened and that Anna has actually gone missing. Many times in this scene, the camera slowly pans from a shot of one of the characters to an empty landscape, such as the edge of a cliff or the bottom of a rocky ledge. These shots, combined with the haunting music being played, bring the viewer back to …show more content…
Throughout the scene where Anna is lost on the island, there are two major diegetic sounds from nature that are in the background of almost every shot. The sound of the wind blowing and the sound of waves crashing into the rocks on the shore of the island are consistently background noise to what is going on in each scene. These sounds help to add a certain element of chaos to this scene as the group searches for Anna. Obviously, this scene is already very chaotic as everybody is frantically searching around the island for Anna, but the added sound helps the viewer to feel how chaotic the situation actually is. The fact that the sound is diegetic is important as well. It is important that not only the audience can hear the sounds, but that the characters can hear them, because then they are able to actually feel the extra turmoil that is going on around them, adding to emotions that they project to the camera. If the characters feel frantic and worried because of the booming wind and crashing waves, then they are going to project that to the camera, and the audience will then have a deeper emotional connection to the scene. Not only do these sounds evoke emotion out of the characters, they make the scene feel more realistic overall. For example, when the audience sees Claudia’s hair blowing on-screen, they can only assume that it is