Sound essays

Sound essays In the movies Jaws (Directed by Steven Speilberg) and Forest Gump (Directed by Robert Zemeckis) there are many great example of great uses of sound and how it can set you up for something that is going to happen. In the movie Jaws there are many great examples of this. One of them is the opening act where the girl is going skinny-dipping and there is a low angle shot of her feet under the water. Speilberg uses a dramatic effect in his choice of sounds here. When this under water shot takes place the music is low pitch, somewhat quiet and slower. When the camera comes out of the water the music becomes extremely loud, high pitch and faster. Then the attack happens. This sequence of events happens through out the movie. Another time it happens is when the shark gets into the bay thing and is coming at the kids in their boat. The music is slower and lower pitch when the shot is from far away. When they get to the close up shot on the kids in the bay talking to some other guy in the boat. When the camera goes under the water in this shot the music gets a little softer. A great example of how this all works is when the camera is right on the edge of the water, half in the water and half out of t he water. When the camera goes a little below the water the music get duller and softer, and when the camera goes a little above the water the music becomes louder and higher pitched. Speilberg even uses music to set up the tone and feeling of this movie. The music in the opening scene is very dark and mysterious. In this film they really set you up to scare you by the music. You always no when something scary is going to happen just by the music. There is always music that starts slow and low and when the scary thing happens the music becomes instantly loud and high pitched and just scares the living crap out of you even if you have seen it a million times. The technique that Speilberg uses is starting at low frequency sounds and then ...