Impact of Sound in Misfits

Hi Guys,
Today I will be looking at the impact of sound in Misfits and how when watching it without out sound can change the way you look at it compared to if you were watching it with sound.

After watching a short two minute clip without sound I expected there to be the sound of a clock ticking at the beginning as it showed a picture with a timer counting down. One of the characters threw a plan and therefore I expected the sound of wind accompanying it to show that he was outside. In addition, I expected to hear the sound of the locker when the picture was focused on the women doing her community service. I also though that I we would hear the sound of the man running over the building along with a heavy breathing sound to show that he had been running along with heavy footsteps. I also believed that we would hear the sound of the door shutting and the click of a light switch when the lights went out.

However, what we actually saw was some music at the beginning of the scene and as the scene went on it became louder which helped create atmosphere as you knew something was going to happen . To represent the clock we heard a buzzing noise like what you would get on a alarm clock and this helped to portray that time was passing quickly. In between different moments there was the sound of rustling. This again helped create the idea that something was going to happen. When the door slammed the music changed was to indicate a change in tempo. When the music changed there was no new diegetic sound when the characters speaking. However, when the main character was speaking the diegetic sound increased. This portrays to the audience how the guy is quite an important person in the scene. Furthermore, we saw an image of a man in a freezer who was dead and at the same time we heard the noise of the freezer lid opening and closing which enabled us as audience to picture and hear what the character was seeing and to share in there thoughts and feelings. When the man was jumping over the roof we heard the sound of his running feet and then when he landed on something we heard the a thudding sound. This sound helped make it realistic and in addition increased the tension as it was combined with a quick sound track which got louder as the scene went on. This helped increase the tension and helped make us as audience think whats going to happen next.

Overall, I got some things right but got certain things wrong for instance the clock. When watching a Tv Drama without sound allows you to focus more on the picture and think why have they put that there. When I predicated what was going on before I listened to the sound I used what was in the picture to work out what was going on for instance when there was a clock in the picture I made a logical guess that there might have been a noise which represented a timer ticking. When you add sound you can see how the picture and sound work together in a scene to help create certain things for example atmosphere.

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