Enemy Of The State (1998)
Dialogue
Dialogue
There is no dialogue in the opening sequence.
The omission of dialogue conveys and further
emphasises the spy thriller genre of the film.
Sound Effects
The begging starts with a bubbly/ watery sound
as we see a car submerging into the water. This creates intrigue in the
audience as they immediately want to know what is happening and if anyone is in
danger.
As we see a car being tracked, we hear
computer like sounds such as beeps, this is how we can tell that some of the
sound effects are diagetic.
The sound from the car submerging into the
water and the dog whimpering, contrast greatly to the futuristic and very
mechanical sounds we hear in the rest of the opening, as these “sort of”
domestic sounds are at the start, they immerse the audience into the filmic
world as they are recognisable. This allows for the audience to know the very
machine like mood and genre of the film.
Music Track
There is a very strange music track, it sounds
like music that the audience may find familiar but it has been cut and sped up
at certain points to mimic the very spy like genre of the film.
The music and sound effects also mimic the
action in the shots, when there is a high speed car chase, the music and sound
effects are fast paced and abrupt. When the subjects in the shot are on foot,
the music and sound effects are quite prolonged.
The music in non-diagetic as we do not see a
source from the film that the music is coming from.
The music ends abruptly and is then followed
by code like beeping, this again emphasises the spy thriller genre of the film.
Sayo, you have posted two very good pieces of work on sound and titles comparison. You continue to show excellent understanding and you are drawing on good technical knowledge. One area of improvement, however, is to always make sure that you are including the broadest range of examples in your analyses that you can each time you write your work.
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