Dead Silence Sound Deconstruction

Backing Sound Deconstructions

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TWINKLE TWINKLE

This is effective as it is a children’s nursery rhyme ‘Twinkle Tinkle’ sung by a woman in quite a high pitched voice, slowed down. This fits with the theme and context of our story and creates a scary atmosphere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKI2gOawEPA

RING A ROSIE

This is another twist on the children’s nursery rhyme ‘Around a Ring a Roses’ with a girl singing who has edited her voice to make it sound like a young girl’s voice. It is effective as it fits with the theme and context of our story. We could take inspiration from this by singing our own tune and editing it to make it sound like a young innocent child’s voice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZemAoRzmobw&feature=fvwrel

ONE MISSED CALL

This is from the tune of the film, ‘One Missed Call’ it sounds like a child’s mobile that hangs above their crib, creating a scary atmosphere, however the pitch of the music is too harsh, the ideal music for our piece would be lower and also slightly slower.

Last House On The Left Sound Deconstruction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EZyJxabVck

• There is a lot of dialogue used in the trailer
• Starts with twinkling type of music, sounds as if it would be a rom-com genre of film
• Abruptly there is a turn in the music a loud sound is used to make the viewer jump as it’s very unexpected, there is no building up to it.
• Series of loud ‘bang’ with periods of silence inbetween
• After when the shot the gun shot is repeated  throughout the trailer
• At a point when the trailer changes and the parents find the body and then pick up  the backing sound to ‘sweet child of mine’ is played till the end
• The sound is contrapuntal  to the shots being shown, the song sweet child of mine isn’t usually what would go with a scary trailer
• They subverted the usual convention of using sounds to create fear throughout the trailer that compliment what’s going on in the trailer, instead it gives it a more sinister feel of happy music being played when they are showing blood and death etc
• Continuous loud bangs are still played through the trailer and a loud scream over the top of the backing sound track

The Possession Sound Deconstruction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gBeG31fX40

• Throughout the trailer is a lot of equilibrium and disequilibrium which makes it tense and keeps the audience engaged 
• Starts with quiet background music while characters are speaking, sounds similar to a piano type instrument with the 2 same keys being played alternatively
• Darker/deeper sounds are introduced which makes it seem more mysterious and wary
• Short period of silence when the one of the main characters is opening the box, could signify its an important part as they want us to focus on one thing instead of sound combined
• Extreme weather noises, rain and wind, represents pathetic fallacy
• Everyday noises such as using a knife and fork while eating dinner are exaggerated, we start to hear as if they’re lots of whispers in the background which start to build up to a loud noise
• First big noise of the trailer when it fades out, there is a silence and a type of beat carries on noise again
• The whispers come back, everything is building up sounds like a car crash, screaming, goes back to the whispering voices
• Constant background noises getting louder all different sounds are being introduced; as this is happening the montage of shots get faster and quicker.
• High pitch sounds builds up louder, then followed by a silence to make an impact
• The last thing we hear are the strange noises talking and whispering this conveys the idea of the girl being possessed and the voices are the spirits all around her
• During the trailer the music is reflective of what is happening like building up the tension when the action is rising to create more of a dramatic impact

Sound Deconstruction- Sinister Trailer

Sound deconstruction of sinister trailer:

·         It starts with a fuzzy cutting out of a television news report being played back, this sets the tone for the rest of the trailer as when something goes wrong  in a film the recording usually cuts out to reflect this

·         Then goes quiet for a few seconds

·         Continues with speech between the family

·         Quiet yet high pitch sound in the background developing

·         When he has opened the box it sounds quite mechanical, and while playing the tapes a clicking noise of the film is exaggerated

·         Same noise as before comes back

·         Then big loud noise as if the noise has cut out on the film, then goes to speech and quiet background,  it later occurs when he is talking to the officer

·         There is a quiet background noise again followed by a silence, it uses an anti-climax as we expect a big jumpy noise to come afterwards but it just goes back to the low background sound

·         High pitch constant ringing noise

·         Sounds like tyres breaking in the road and helicopters

·         It builds up and the tension rises,  we can hear a scream in the background

·         There are a combination of noises such as just a muffling sound, then with a heartbeat, car tyres breaking on the road and speech is over the top of that

·         Children screaming

·         At the end of the trailer they use a clicking breaking up connection type of sound which reflects the movie they played at the beginning. As well as screaming in the background also