Conventional Sounds and Music within thrillers
Within thriller films multiple contrasting sounds are represented to create a sense of mood and atmosphere to draw the viewers in to create a thriller response to the movie. Sounds and music is a vital element to use within the production stage of making a film as it develops an understanding of context to describe the narrative of the film as well as creating tension and suspense. The purpose of these conventional sounds within thrillers aim to excite the audience however, it reveals a sense of the characters emotions within the film. Sounds and music that it co-operated into the movies create ideas to link with the particular sequence furthermore, it symbolises different paralinguistic features and other types of movements the protagonist and antagonist will provide the audience with. There are different types of sounds used within media productions in order to make it more effective these include:
- non - diegetic music which is sound that the characters cannot hear and is not part of the imaginary world of the story. Therefore, this will normally include a voiceover or a soundtrack.
- diegetic sound which can be heard by the characters within a scene/sound part of the imaginary world.
- parallel sounds which are used to match a specific scene for example, a terrifying scene would include music that is mysterious and scary to involve the audience and create tension.
- on and off screen sound depends on whatever the source is within the frame or outside the frame.
Thriller films use non diegetic sounds and music to create a sound bridge or to create a certain atmosphere. A sound bridge can lead in or out of a scene. They can occur at the beginning of the scene when the sound from a previous sequence carries on briefly before it fades out for the new sound to be played as the new scene begins. There are a wide variety of diegetic sounds which are conventional in the genre of thrillers, these include narrator's commentary, sound effects which are added for the dramatic effect, and music to create a sense of mood and atmosphere to juxtapose with the film.
Example of diegetic sound:
Example of non-diegetic sound:
Parallel sound:
Crime thriller films use many conventions to create a terrifying however, effective and tense atmosphere to draw the audience in. A specific convention in which thrillers use is silence as it creates suspense and gets the audience on the edge of their seats feeling frightened. Whilst, this occurs it evokes certain feelings and emotions and focuses upon what is going to happen during the film. Music within any thriller film is particular used to understand and clarify to the audience a part of the film which is significant. The music reflected begins at a slow pace as it builds up tension however, as something occurs the music engages the audience as it gradually speeds up to reflect the narrative and suggest something horrific is about to happen as it reaches the climax of the film. An example of sound to create a frightening experience to the audience is Don't Breathe directed by Fede Alvarez during 2016. The narrative within the film portrays three criminal thieves breaking into a blind mans house in hope to capture a fortune although, they become trapped as the protagonist (the blind man) isn't as helpless as he seems.
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Crime thriller films use many conventions to create a terrifying however, effective and tense atmosphere to draw the audience in. A specific convention in which thrillers use is silence as it creates suspense and gets the audience on the edge of their seats feeling frightened. Whilst, this occurs it evokes certain feelings and emotions and focuses upon what is going to happen during the film. Music within any thriller film is particular used to understand and clarify to the audience a part of the film which is significant. The music reflected begins at a slow pace as it builds up tension however, as something occurs the music engages the audience as it gradually speeds up to reflect the narrative and suggest something horrific is about to happen as it reaches the climax of the film. An example of sound to create a frightening experience to the audience is Don't Breathe directed by Fede Alvarez during 2016. The narrative within the film portrays three criminal thieves breaking into a blind mans house in hope to capture a fortune although, they become trapped as the protagonist (the blind man) isn't as helpless as he seems.
IMDb link to reflect information of the film
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