Sound Analysis

Look at a clip from the Descent on youtube.

1. watch it without the sound:
How does it make you feel/ what effect do the images have?
The clip without sound doesn't really have a profound effect on us, the images in the clip made us feel slightly on edge. We felt it was not as enticing as a clip would be with sound, even though the images were disturbing it was not clear when the real climax's were as this is usually highlighted by a climax in the music.

2. Watch the clip with the sound, what is the effect now? how different is it?
The clip with sound had a much bigger impact on us, the sound enabled us the opportunity to realise when the climax was about to happen i.e. the scary shots where the crawlers appeared due to the build up of the sound, it built-up tension leading up to the scary moments which put us on the edge of our seats.

3. Now you have seen the effect the sound has, how important do you think sound is? What type of feelings will you try and create through sound?
Now that we have seen the two clips with and without sound, we realise that sound is vital in building up a desired atmosphere i.e. scary. In our own thriller film we will incorporate sound to accompany our different images. For example, when the farmers follow the dogs to the dead girl in the field, the music will climax so that the audience are aware that something scary is going to happen.