Notes on sound

• "Taxi Driver" by Martin Scorsese. 1976, USA.

The music is like a prologue, there are different styles of it. At first, the sound gets louder as the picture becomes clearer, then showing a car. The song is similar to one in "Psycho" by Alfred Hitchcock. There are low drum beats at times, which suggest that the character is going to do something extreme and he has a split personality. There are sound bridges between the scenes, also off-screen diegetic sounds in a heightened sense. The music is reaching out to the audience.

• "Insomnia" by Christopher Nolan. 2002, USA.

The music matches the theme and reflects to death of a young girl. Sound is showing a man falling asleep, then suddenly waking up as there's a sound jump from the plane entering air pocket. Stabbing noises as the credits appear. Sound is introducing the character to another place.

• "Scream" by Wes Craven. 1996, USA.

There are shocking moments of the sound usage to scare the viewers. Volume is rising, as the woman gets more scared, for example, the telephone ring seems louder, this is to recreate the expierience of being alone and scared in your own home. Viseral sounds make the viewers even more scared.

• "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind" by Michel Gondry. 2004,

Diegetic sound of someone closing the doors of a car, then starting the engine. A song starts to play when camera is filming the window. There are sound bridges between the scenes, but at one point it cuts out and the next scene appears with diegetic sounds only. There is a sonic flashback and some voice overs. The music is helping to establish the genre. Everyday sounds are rising and getting louder, to emphasise the feelings of the character, as he gets annoyed with everything easely.

• "The Graduate" by Mike Nichols. 1967, USA.

Sound getting louder as the car comes nearer, it also sounds like the car is breaking and it is. A sudden music appears as the camera is filming the church, creating a sense of hope. People are shouting as the bride looks around, but there's no sound of the shouts, she hears only the man's voice. At the end when both characters are sitting in the bus, they are laughing but there is no sound of it.