Tuesday 5 March 2013

Sound deconstruction - Urban action trailers

I am going to look at genre ideals surrounding the sound of action trailers to find the main themes, to then decide whether to conform to, or subvert these in our trailer




The Bank Job:
- Snippets of dialogue from within the film (diegetic)
- Backing track with strong bass and drum beat.
- Editing matches and compliments music
backing track louder with important pieces of typography to emphasise them.
- Additional sound effects of cameras clicking etc.
- Song changes to more upbeat and playful
- Use of comical lines







Fight Club:
- Internal dialogue from film
- Comical lines straight away
- Commentary explaining plot
- Quiet backing track behind all of the dialogue.
- Mostly diegetic sound throughout
- Sound track only picks up right at the end
- Although quiet, the backing track song still has a strong bassline and drumbeat.


SWAT:

- Extremely heavy baseline and drum beat, kicks in straight away.
- Diegetic dialogue is played over the top of this soundtrack - legible but inconvenient. 
- Additional sound played throughout -- gun shots etc.
- Comical lines heard throughout
- Dialogue used as a voiceover to explain plot











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