Research into sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDpipB4yehk

Sound is extremely important to movies, in thrillers it is how suspense, shock, surprise and sometimes even enigma is created, all of the best selling thriller movies throughout the years have used different types of sounds to interest and exhilarate the audience, making them watch on in anticipation as to what will happen next.

Non diegetic

The high pitch noise made at the beginning of the scene while he is walking toward the bathroom the protagonist is in is a non-diegetic noise, it gets quieter as he closes in on her location, this is building suspense as we know he is getting closer and closer to her and she cannot escape now as she is cornered, the audience feel empathy for her as we are certain that this is the end of the line for her.

This is when he realises she is in the bathroom and knocks the door down with an axe, at this point the high pitch sound is at its highest point, this is symbolising the rate of her heart beat at the time, her heart would be beating rapidly at this time and the music is building up the anticipation for Johnny to enter the room, the audience sympathise for her as she has no escape and we know that the antagonist is mentally unstable.






At the point of her cutting jacks hand as he tries to enter there is a high pitch note, similar to some type of scream, showing that she has injured him, it is common that the antagonist is injured in thriller films, but usually not too badly as they carry on to attack the protagonist, the audience may feel a sense of hope and desire for her to overcome the antagonist, it also creates shock due to us believing she had no chance of escape but she has suddenly started fighting back.



Diegetic

The knock on the door is showing that he knows she is there, this is a bit before he knocks the door down trying to get to her, by knocking he is almost teasing her, showing how much of a psychopath he really is, the audience are fearful for her as we know she is trapped and by the look of his eyes you can tell he isn't sane, the audience are in suspense waiting for him to get into the room, the audience fear the antagonist as they realise how mentally unstable he is at the time, they can see his intentions and sympathise for the protagonist.







This is when jack finally gets in, the dialogue of the actor, says "here's johnny" this prepares the audience as they know there is little chance of her escaping and he is slowly getting closer and closer to the protagonist, at this point he is just toying with her, this is typical of a thriller, the slow build up of the attack build suspense in the audience, its very effective, the audience become more and more fearful for her life, the dialogue shows how mentally unstable he is because his name is jack and he says "here's johnny", the audience feel fear toward the antagonist, they also try to put themselves in the protagonists shoes and sympathise toward her.



When she is trying to escape before jack realises she is there the blunt noise made by the window is used to show that she is trapped in the bathroom, also the blunt noise could symbolise her life ending soon bluntly. the blunt bolt of the window shocks the viewer as we were expecting it to open and realise that she is trapped, this creates a sense of surprise amongst the audience as it was unexpected, the audience again sympathise toward her as they realise the extreme danger she is in.






Off screen

As the antagonist is trying to break in the protagonist is screaming, you cannot see her but this is parallel sound as we would expect this in a thriller especially while the antagonist is holding a weapon much bigger and more powerful than hers, showing the audience who has the upper hand and who is more likely to be murdered also that his is in the more dominant position at the time, this puts the audience in suspense as to how she can escape from the antagonist, they fear the antagonist as they see the power he is in comparison to the protagonist.





On screen



Here the antagonist is trying to open the door by the handle but his hand gets cut by the protagonists knife, at this point you can hear the sound of the slash as she cuts his hand, the audience hope that she may fight back and escape due to this moment of bravery and fight, the audience are shocked/surprised she has harmed him at all due to the power of his weapon in comparison to hers and how he always seemed in power. This is conventional to a thriller genre where the protagonist hopelessly tries to fight against the antagonist, trying to save his / her life, stereotypically a her, the audience .


Due to my research on the topic of sound I am now confident in which sounds I shall use in my opening sequence, things such as diegetic and non diegetic will make appearances in my opening sequence along with others, these are very important to a good thriller and  because of this research I now understand why.