Sound effects are artificially created or enhanced sounds or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of films. In motion picture production, a sound effect is a sound recorded and presented to make a specific story telling or creative point without the use of dialogue or music. The term often refers to a process applied to a recording, without necessarily referring to the recording itself. In professional motion picture and television production, dialogue music and sound effects recording are all treated as separate elements. Dialogue and music recordings are never referred to as sound effects, even though the processes applied to them, such as reverberation or flanging effects, often are called “sound effects”.
In a thriller film the convention of sound effects are usually very slow and quiet or quick and loud. The slow music is used when something is about to happen to make the audience more frightened. The music then creeps up to a loud noise when the incident has happened. This give the audience a fright because following the conventions of a thriller film the result happens a minute after the first clue of something going to happen. Most of the scary noises are non diagetic which means they have been added in to make the film scarier. This was only introduced to films in the 1920's.
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there first is non diagetic sound when she enters the door frame to go to the bedroom this means she cant see it, this gives the audience an idea that something might be happening soon. we also see her turning her head after the sound has gone on for a while, as she makes her way to the bathroom the sound isnt playing as loud, this is trying to make us focus on how scared she is, as the door is closed we dont know whats going to happen, when she opens the door the music then starts this is when we see whats happend in the bathroom and makes us think theres someone waiting for her in the bathroom. the music acts as her hearbeat, when she panics the music gets faster and louder. this also effects the audience as when its faster we prepare for something to happen.
when we see the bath is filled with water a very deep groan is made which the audience relate as something is about to happen. we then hear some diagetic noises from her, this shows shes scared. and when we see the reflection of the man in the mirror. with a creaky noise to go with it, we become shocked that there is someone else in there. as she wipes her handon the mirror this makes a diagetic noise which we hear as a smear. as she looks into the bath we hear a small groaning noise. she then reacts to it by asking the 'antagonist' what he wants. as we can hear the noise, we presume she can which is why she reacted. every time thereis something that comes onto the mirror we hear the same creaky noise which isnt very appealing this makes us scared as we dont know whats going to happen. this time round the non diagetic noise is so much louder and goes on for longer. we interpret that the climax should be arriving soon as were getting more prepared for it.
As shes running downstairs we hear the diagetic noise other footsteps and her heavily breathing and the non diagetic noise of the loud deep noise which we know connotes fear and that somethings happening as it gets louder.
The noise stays loud until the end of the clip and has diagetic noise aswell from the typing of keys although this could be non diagetic aswell as no one is actually typing on the keys. This makes audience and the lady scared as we dont know where its coming from. This clip is a good one to use while analysing sound as it has lots of different diagetic and non diagetic sounds which add to the clip and create tension and makes the audience feel in the same place as the lady. This makes the fim extra good and makes us want to watch it more if we feel like were in the actual clip.
im analysising what lies beneath.
there first is non diagetic sound when she enters the door frame to go to the bedroom this means she cant see it, this gives the audience an idea that something might be happening soon. we also see her turning her head after the sound has gone on for a while, as she makes her way to the bathroom the sound isnt playing as loud, this is trying to make us focus on how scared she is, as the door is closed we dont know whats going to happen, when she opens the door the music then starts this is when we see whats happend in the bathroom and makes us think theres someone waiting for her in the bathroom. the music acts as her hearbeat, when she panics the music gets faster and louder. this also effects the audience as when its faster we prepare for something to happen.
when we see the bath is filled with water a very deep groan is made which the audience relate as something is about to happen. we then hear some diagetic noises from her, this shows shes scared. and when we see the reflection of the man in the mirror. with a creaky noise to go with it, we become shocked that there is someone else in there. as she wipes her handon the mirror this makes a diagetic noise which we hear as a smear. as she looks into the bath we hear a small groaning noise. she then reacts to it by asking the 'antagonist' what he wants. as we can hear the noise, we presume she can which is why she reacted. every time thereis something that comes onto the mirror we hear the same creaky noise which isnt very appealing this makes us scared as we dont know whats going to happen. this time round the non diagetic noise is so much louder and goes on for longer. we interpret that the climax should be arriving soon as were getting more prepared for it.
As shes running downstairs we hear the diagetic noise other footsteps and her heavily breathing and the non diagetic noise of the loud deep noise which we know connotes fear and that somethings happening as it gets louder.
The noise stays loud until the end of the clip and has diagetic noise aswell from the typing of keys although this could be non diagetic aswell as no one is actually typing on the keys. This makes audience and the lady scared as we dont know where its coming from. This clip is a good one to use while analysing sound as it has lots of different diagetic and non diagetic sounds which add to the clip and create tension and makes the audience feel in the same place as the lady. This makes the fim extra good and makes us want to watch it more if we feel like were in the actual clip.
Your analysis of sound demonstrates a basic understanding of how sound is used within thriller films. You have identified some of the main terminology words, but you have included more points on the actual narrative, instead of analysing the effect it has on an audience.
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You have made a start in making the necessary changes to this post. You have now included the correct terminology within your analysis, but it is very difficult to read and this is because you have not used paragraphs effectively.
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