I chose to analyse the sound in the opening title sequence of Forrest Gump: http://www.artofthetitle.com/title/forrest-gump/
Background Music/ Sound&Vision Editing
- The music is very gentle and soft, which matches the characteristics of the pure white feather on screen.
- The slow pace of the movie helps the audience establish the genre (not an action movie!)
- Towards the beginning, as the music gets higher in pitch, the feather rises and as the pitch lowers, the feather floats down
- There is a crescendo as the feather on screen gets closer to Forrest on the bench
- Still retains a sense of peacefulness even as the speed of music picks up and gets louder
- It slows down and gets quieter again once Forrest has put the feather in his suitcase
Dialogue & Sound Effects
- The lack of any form dialogue helps to maintain the calm atmosphere and mood created, we have a strong focus on the journey of the feather and the names on screen
- The only sounds other than the background music are diagetic: the closing of his suitcase, and the bus arriving. They both seem basic but symbolic, something closing and being shut away, alongside the new beginning. With those two sounds, the audience can begin to form a story already.
I think the sound and especially the focus on the background music definitely compliments the scene, and reflects the rest of the movie.
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