task 1

Sound production – task 1

Throughout the duration of any film or TV programme, the sound production company has used many different sound effects, different types of music and a variety of dialect to set the mood, which has an effect on the audience as to how they react to the suspense and events shown through the film. In this analysis I will be focusing on how the music, SFX, and dialect add emphasis to what is happening in 3 scenes from different films/TV programmes and how this would have an effect on the audience.

The first scene I will be analysis is the avengers – stark’s death. I chose to do this scene, as there is a lot of sound effects and dialect. 

The scene starts of with slow classical music and laser sounding effects to suggest that the character in the scene is about the shut down the machine that is causing the problem. This also suggests that she is the hero in the scene as it shows her trying to stop the ‘disaster’. This relates back to how to audience may feel about what she is doing because, at the time she is probably feeling as if she is saving the world, however this makes the audience feel unsettled as iron man then announces that he knows how to shut the portal, as he says ‘I got a nuc coming, its going to blow in less than a minute’. The music then switches from slow, to an up beat ‘countdown’ type of music, which suggests to the audience something is about to happen that will potentially be life threatening for the hero. The music used for this part of the scene is very fast, and the drums is used quite frequently as it makes a more low pitch sound, which creates a negative vibe within the scene.

The dialect within the scene somewhat reduces the level of seriousness, because of his tone of voice whilst speaking to the other heroes, although his facial expression suggest something completely different. He doesn’t seem to be worried at all about the nuclear bomb as he sound as if he has it all under control, although his facial expressions show determination and also doubt to whether he will be able to get to the portal in time.