Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk about Kevin is an emotional film about a mother trying to get her life back on track after her son uses his bow and arrow to shoot students in a high school gym, as well as murder his father and sister. The stripped-down plot of the film is strong enough to stand alone, however the use of sound and cinematography elevated the film.
The use of sound in We Need to Talk about Kevin adds to the struggle the mother, Eva, is going through. The use of non-simultaneous sound appears multiple times throughout the film, prevalently during Eva’s memories. These scenes are unlike normal flashbacks as they mix together the use of non-simultaneous sound with simultaneous sound as well as layer audio in a way that multiple
The use of sound in We Need to Talk about Kevin adds to the struggle the mother, Eva, is going through. The use of non-simultaneous sound appears multiple times throughout the film, prevalently during Eva’s memories. These scenes are unlike normal flashbacks as they mix together the use of non-simultaneous sound with simultaneous sound as well as layer audio in a way that multiple