Concrete Angel Analysis

Sound is a key component to my documentary and film. The sound for this documentary will be very typical to a normal suspenseful medical film. The sound will not only include speech, but it will also include music, words and effects to help enhance the film. In addition, the film will include multiple sound elements, however most importantly natural sounds. This will include the beeping of the heart rate monitor, creaking of the door opening, and loud sound of footsteps. An important sound that is a part of the documentary’s scene is hearing the doctor say “I am sorry to tell you, but your daughter’s life is going to change forever. She has Type 1 Diabetes.” and you instantly hear her mother gasping for air. These sounds will add realistic elements to the film to …show more content…
My main goal is to use sound to convey the mood of a scene and to manipulate the audience’s emotions. Another important scene in my film is the flashback of the little girl’s life before type 1 diabetes. In order to create a lot of emotion with the audience, the scene will include a slow, sad song such as the instrumental version on “Concrete Angel” by Martina McBride. The instrumental version of the song allows the audience to focus on the family’s emotions rather than the song itself. All of these sound elements really create and help demonstrate the theme of the film. The sounds I am choosing are used to manipulate the audiences’ emotions so they have an intimate feel of the film and ultimately be able to relate to the family’s story. For the means of production, I plan on making a very successful film, however with a medical documentary my budget will be a bit high. I will have included the cost of creating a set that has the proper medical equipment needed to get a realistic look of a hospital room. The entire documentary will take three years from start to finish. It will take a year for preproduction such as