Sound

I will be analyzing the sound techniques used in this scene from Scream 2 to understand how sound contributes towards the conventions portrayed in this Thriller film. Studying different sound techniques used i will come to a result if whether sound is used for its identified purpose.

Firstly i want to look at 1:20 during this scene, there is on-screen sound in use when the phone starts ringing on the bench. Randy picks up Gales phone and is confronted by the killer in the film. the phone rings a couple times before but when this voice is in play Randy stops for a moment to understand why the killer has called him. While talking on the phone the dull, low volume voice of the killer makes it all sound serene but the character on the phone is the unknown and mysterious to the audience. this creates a suspense environment within the audience as no one knows the next move of the killer. The On-Screen sound with the phone ringing makes the viewers look for the next move as on the end of a phone call there is always some un answered questions.

After at 2:16 while Randy is on the phone there is non-diagetic music which is playing to add tension in the film world environment. it makes it tense for the audience as he keeps talking on the phone it becomes more tense with the music and the audience, at any second during this event expect something to pop up. The way the film conveys the thriller is by calming the music of until the audience think that nothing is going to happen and then something jumps out with music at an unpredictable time to catch the audience of guard. during this sequence as the pitch of the music gets higher and higher someone runs into Randy shouldering him and when the music cuts out the audience realize that something bigger than that should happen.

Thirdly at 4:14  when Randy is getting attacked  in the mini van, the killer pushes him against the side window and this is Diagetic sound because we can see and hear the glass crack which adds to the violence in place. If there was no sound then we wouldn't notice the severity of the damage but with added sound affects the audience become more anxious as the killer is brutally killing Randy.

Studying this sequence i have understood the different sound techniques used in this film are conveyed for the right reasons of a Thriller film as it tenses the audience when needed and it gives the right time for them to snap which gives them a traumatized experience.