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Sound and Music Analysis - Luther 1x01

First 4 and a half minutes.

The music in the first scene is very up beat and fast to match the chasing happening, whereas, in the police scene the music is just a few high note being played to build tension and suspense.  Once the scene has changed back to the chase, the tempo builds up again and there are a few stabs which indicates to the audience that something bad is about to happen.  There are a lot of different instruments being played at once and although they are organised, they feel chaotic, which may be what the guy who is being chased feels like - so he doesn't know what to do or where to go and is panicking. When the two men become face to face the amount of instruments being played goes down but it is still fast which means the audience can still feel the tension, even though they have stopped running.  Just before they run at each other, a note crescendos and this tells the audience that something is about to happen.  The next sounds are mainly diegetic, as its the noise of one of the characters falling through the bridge/pathway and after that the music is like what it was in the police scene, just a few high notes being played and this is, again, to build and keep the tension up.  This music continuous onto the next scene with the police, where the music is joined but the sound of police radios to show that they scene has changed and they are at a different location.  Again, when the radios stop, it is an indication that we are in a different location.  In this scene, the only other sound is diegetic which is them shouting and one man slamming his food down repeatedly - this is done to make the audience jump and keep them interested.

When the scene changes to the police - with the use of the radios to hear this, as they used a sound bridge - and after Luther tells them where the girl is, the music changes back to up tempo and lots of different instruments start to play, again this may be parallel to what the police are feeling, as they are trying to get the girl out alive.  The sound bridges over the next few scenes.  On one bit where Luther is saying about lying, they've cut it so that it makes the audience feel afraid of him and it makes him seem powerful.

As soon as they find the girl in the box, the music changes back to the few high notes to keep suspense and it doesn't give any clues as to whether the girl will make it or not.  More stabs are heard here, again to keep the tension.

Once the girl start breathing the music turns to something more happy and this reflects not only the characters feelings but also maybe the audiences feelings too.  However, it then turns to something more sour as you can here the shouts of the man that is hanging on for dear life and this gives the audience the feeling that Luther is about to decide whether to save him or not.  Now, instead of the high pitched notes, its turned to just a few low pitched notes, being played at length.  This matches the feelings of the detective as he lays off the names of the children that this man has apparently murdered.  They have used the different volumes of his voice to make the audience jump and to try and understand what the character is feeling.

The music very gradually gets louder as the man begs for his life and then, like before, a note crescendos building up the tension and making the audience wonder what is about to happen.  Then as his hands let go of the bridge the music stops and this is to make the audience feel the full effect of what has just happened.  The music starts again after the noise of him crashing to the floor and it is the same low notes as before and they add in - what sound like out of tune notes - so it matches the characters mixed feeling about what he had just done.

This sequence uses a lot of sound bridges and parallel sounds to keep the tension up.

Sound & Music Analysis - Top Gun

The top gun opening sequence music uses both diegetic and non-diegetic sounds.  The music starts when the production companies music is normally playing, this makes it seem like the music is as important as the film it self.

Up until the actual title of the film, the sound is just music playing.  the music sounds like it was made so you could tell something big was about to be introduced.  Throughout this period, different instruments get added into the track and it gets gradually louder like it is building up to something.  Even after the titles, you feel like something big is still about to happen.

When the title appears, you get the first bit of diegetic sound added in - the sound of aeroplanes, however it isn't completely obvious what the sound, so it is giving the audience a clue of what the film might include.  This sound of aeroplanes then bridges into the next shot of people and planes - the first look of the actual movie.  The diegetic sounds get louder and you start hearing different ones like the wind blowing and different plane sounds.  Then at about 1 minute 24 seconds, a non-degetic sound is added and it sounds like lots of different people talking on the radio, and late on you can hear just the one conversation and what it sounds like is the confirmation that a plane can take off.  The engines then get louder and as the plane sets off, a different track comes on and this is what feels like the last 2 and a half minutes has been building up too.

This track is a lot more up beat and reflects what the film is going to be about. it is also a parallel sound, the plane finally taking of and this is exciting and the music is also exciting.  Although the music is the main sound that you can hear in this part of the sequence, you can also hear what sounds like things being fixed and plane related sounds but the sounds being played are, a lot if the time, not what is being showed in the scene.  This use of off-screen diegetic sound gives the scene a 3D feel.

After this the only noise other than the music is the planes taking off and landing.  The music is also parallel in this scene as everyone on screen is excited and happy about the landings and takings off going well and this matches the music in the fact that it is up beat and happy.

Institutions

If a company were to distribute my film I would want it to be Columbia Pictures.

This is because it is owned by Sony and this would be useful because they have a lot of cross media convergence and synergy.  For example, it has gaming, music production/consumption, phones, T.Vs and more.  This would help the film get more promotion as there could be, for example, a PS3 game and people who like gaming get the game and like it, might want to see the movie.  So a wider range of audience would want to see it.  It is also a very well know company and has distributed a lot a very good movies.

Research into Film Genre

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