Sound Analysis

Jaws
I analysed only the sound in Jaws opening sequence, as it will help me see how to set the tone of the film and establish genre in my opening sequence.
In the opening of Jaws we hear diegetic sound of the people speaking. By adding no music it almost makes it sound a bit more creepy. When the girl goes into the water at 0:26 we hear the natural sounds of the sea and we also hear a bell which sounds eerie as its the only sound you can hear. When the shots go to the girl from under the water we start to her non-diegetic sounds. It sounds like a piano (0:48) which is quite fast pace, which builds up the tension and implies something sudden is going to happen. Just before the action happens at 1.11, we hear the well know Jaws theme tune, which sounds like something keeps on coming closer to you. It is sharp, piercing music.When being attacked by the shark there is use of both diegetic and non-diegetic sounds. We hear here deep breathing and screaming, but also over it there is fast pace music to add to the tension. There are cuts to the other scene of the person who is not being attacked, we can only hear diegetic sounds, this emphasises the danger of what is happening. At the end the music stops and we only hear the bell which implies this could be significant throughout the film.

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Let Me In
I thought the sound used in this opening sequence was really effective even though not a lot of sound was used. In the beginning when the production companies are being shown the non diegetic music is very quiet. The music used almost sounds like music which is used for flashbacks. This could help me with my opening sequence as I am using flashabacks. When the actual film starts at 1:00 the music used are sounds of a heart beat. I thought this worked well as it is all you can hear which builds up tension as it feels like something is about to jump out. A bit into the sequence underneath the beat there is music that kind of sounds like the jaws song but its more lengthy and low (a more dramatic scary version), this makes it more tense as we know something is going to happen but it is not going to happen straight away. At 2.20 the non-diegetic sound becomes lower and we hear sirens. This all indicates aspects of horror as the sounds represent danger.