Analysis Of Sound And Editing In Shaun Of The Dead By Edgar Wright

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Post modernism can be seen as a turning against structuralism and the rigid thinking of genre. Shaun of the Dead(Focus) is a postmodern film as a combination of two genres: horror and comedy. Horror and comedy are both opposites but did very well together in this film. Shaun of the Dead is a post-modern as it had all of the elements of a horror film but is in fact a comedy. The film was directed and written by “Edgar Wright” (Wright) and co-written by “Simon Peggs” (Peggs). The film is a hybrid romantic, zombie and a comedy. These genres contradict each other therefore resulting the film to be seen as a comedy as these opposing genres are not normally combined with each other.

Even though the film is essentially a visual experience, the use of sound has become extremely important in modern film. The modern viewer hears a complicated soundtrack that is as meaningful as the image on the screen. Three elements comprise the film's soundtrack: the dialogue, the sound effects, and the musical score. The proper balance and mix of these elements produced the essential emphasis required, which created the desired effects. As explained by Joseph Boggs and Dennis Petrie,

As well as lighting, sound was used very effectively to stage the story. For example “echoes” were created in the alleyways, to make us think that Eddie’s house was a long way away. These echoes were also used to symbolise Eddie’s loneliness. This could show that there is emptiness in Eddie’s heart that can only be filled by a close friend or a brother. There was a bold use of sound especially in scary, dramatic or important scenes. This added to the drama of the overall performance, it made the audience feel a variety of emotions. In the scene when Mrs. Lyons tries to murder Mrs. Johnston, the sound affects really emphasised how Mrs. Lyons was feeling and her sheer madness. The use of surround sound made me feel like I was in the scene and it made the whole performance much more realistic.

Along with background music, sound effects play more of a role on the way we feel than many moviegoers think, and "although the function of sound effects is primarily atmospheric, they can also be precise sources of meaning in film" (Giannetti, 225). When the

Tim Burton has a very rare unique style of directing that’s captivates fans emotions and is able to change them in a heartbeat. He is known for his dark, Gothic, emotional type of directing that can make you feel like you are in the movie. You can see this style in his films from Charlie in the chocolate factory, Edward scissor hands and Big fish which my personal favorite. These directing styles have assisted Burton to become the huge success he is today. Tim Burton uses Shots and framing, Camera angles, and camera movements to capture the emotions and the tone of the scene.

Director Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl) cribs from the best and uses all those propulsive camera moves, voice over leading to fourth-wall-breaking,

After watching a couple of movies directed by Tim Burton, you realize his style establishes him asunder from countless other directors in the industry. Films like Edward Scissorhands and Charlie and the Chocolate Factor display his idiosyncratic technique, whether it’s the sounds, camera angles, movements, or any other cinematic element involved in the movie. Burton mainly uses these cinematic skills to create multiple moods and tones for his audience, whether it’s intensely eerie or lighthearted and exuberant. Whichever atmosphere he sets for his viewers, he always successfully depicts it through shots and framing, angles and movements,sounds, lighting and editing.

Captivating the Audience From Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Edward Scissorhands to Big Fish, Tim Burton has been captivating audience with his unique directing style. Everyone can agree that Burton has an uncommon gift in the directing world, which allows the audience to have feelings that wouldn’t normally be there. In many of his films, Burton uses camera movements and angles, sound and lighting to highlight characters differences in all of his movies and control the mood of the scene. Burton shows a fondness for the unusual and surreal in his stories that can be told through film.

Wright was heavily influenced by exploitation films, which can easily be spotted in his style. Wright has been doing this since the beginning of his career which was mostly comedy, and a lot of his influences come from exploitation films, which can easily be spotted in his style, as well as of someone like Tarantino, who uses theatrical scenes to push the story. Reasons for Selecting Edgar Wright as an Accomplished Auteur Wright can be categorized as a filmmaker who has a clear and unique filmmaking style as opposed to the conventional Hollywood continuity style of filmmaking, which is a reason why Wright

In one of the episodes we see a bus full of students pass a small gas station as it runs over a zombie but the person inside the gas station made some zombie fans laugh and rejoice. The cashier is actually Shaun from the horror comedy, Shaun Of The Dead. Shaun is casually looking at the tv as it talks about the zombie outbreak. In the manga you get a better picture of Shaun standing at his register and says "oh" as he looks at the tv screen with a cricket bat next to him. He's probably thinking , " Shit, here we go

The Effect of Editing and Sound Features on Audience Response in The Usual Suspects 'The Usual Suspects' was directed by Brian Singer and released in 1995. Singer has directed several films including 'X-Men' and (earlier) ' Public Access''. Although Public Access was his first film it did not receive significant recognition, which is why the explosive success of The Usual |Suspects established him as something of a maverick.

Two components that have an immense impact on the quality and caliber of a film are the editing and sound found within the film. These two aspects alone can make or break a film. In the film The Kings of Summer, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, these two elements collaborate to highlight certain emotions and key moments in the film’s plot. Some of the sub-elements of these two components that can easily be identified within the film include the flashforward, the flashback, both nondiegetic and diegetic sound, semi diegetic sound, graphic matching and voice offs. Within the film The Kings Of Summer, editing and sound are methodically and tactfully utilized in order to produce a film that is both entertaining and meaningful for the audience.

Another aspect of sound in this film was how it affected the story. By using sound dramatically in certain parts and not using it at all in other parts, sound gave this story an entity of its own. For example, during long stretches of film with mostly dialogue, there was no music played in the background, only a phone ringing in the distance, or the men's voices during their deliberation. These long silences also took place during editing shots of the town and images that surrounded this German city. This dramatic difference in sound was a revelation of how mood can be made by images and sound put together to make an incredible component.

Audio, the best way to communicate we use it every day and if it was gone everything would fall apart. That is what happens when a videos audio if crap it falls apart and no amount of editing will fix it. Lighting is the same thing as audio except that were seeing crap instead of listing to it. When lighting is good it can set a mood for the scene, for example the movie Lights out focused on low key lighting too have an eerie feel to