Thursday, April 26, 2012

Blog Assignment #3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et2ZtnF5eBI

Scene from Titanic when Rose is trying to axe the handcuffs that are preventing Jack from leaving the room so he can get to safety.





This scene uses a lot of different techniques for sound. The listening modes that are used are casual and semantic sounds. The casual sound is used when you can see the water and can hear the water flowing into the room. The semantic sound is when you don’t see the water, but can hear it. The space that is used in this scene is a deep space. The sound of the water flowing can be heard through the hall and there is an echo. This creates the deep space. There is also space heard in movement. When Rose wades through the water, the movement of the water is heard. The Gestalt Principle is used when Rose is calling for Jack, and the camera and sound is focused on Jack, not Rose. It also uses the illusion that water is actually flowing through the room. For time, speed is used by the fact that Rose looks like she is moving slower than is sounds like she is when she is wading through the water. Also, you can hear the water flowing in faster than it actually is. Also, habituation is used because the viewer is watching the scene unfold, but they are also focused on the fact that room is going to be overcome with water by the sound of it flowing into the room. All of these sounds are used to help make the scene even more realistic. 


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