Thursday, 29 October 2009

Sound - Van Helsing

The scene i have chosen shows Van Helsing transform into a werewolf to fight Dracula in the final battle, it also shows where Anna dies.

The music starts of quite then picks up pace when Van Helsing transforms. As they both beging to fight the music is quite again but then as the fight becomes more serious the music speeds up again making you feel mre on edge and anxious about what is going to happen.
Also in this scene there is hardly any talking this makes it more exciting and you foucus on the music more to tell the story.

There is a bit in this scene where Van Helsing has Dracula by the throat the music picks up again by doing that it makes you think that the battle is going to end and Van Helsing is just about to kill him but then it slows and gets quite as Van Helsing then transforms back into a human.

Dracula is then backing Van Helsing into a corner the music pick up again and it sounds and is at the speed of like a fast heart beat this again makes you anxious and you want to know what is going to happen and scared if Van Helsing is going to die. Then the full moon is shown meaning Van Helsing transforms into a werewolf again the music is loud he then pounces on Dracula the music gets louder still and sounds triumphant as you then see Dracula dying. The music that is palyed while Dracula is dying contrasts with the music that is played when Anna dies, when you see that Anna has died it is very slow and sad and it shows Van Helsings pain when discovers that he killed her.
Overall the music in this scene is very important becuase it helps sway your emotions into whats happening in the scene like when Anna dies the music is slow making you feel upset.

1 comment:

  1. Good work, do remember to comment on whether the music is diegetic or non diegetic, also comment on the dialogue - is the speech normal, more rushed and frantic? What can these things add to the moment in the film?

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