Whilst watching the opening of 'Blade', we were asked to specifically look at the aspects of sound during the scene. We had to think of how this created meaning, and how it communicates to the audience.
When the scene starts, there is barely any audio at first. There is only the faint sounds of what seems like wind rustling, or wheels turning, which gives an eerie and uncertain feeling to the audience. This is useful as it's already giving the audience an idea that something bad is going to happen before any video is even starting to play. There is also the faint sounds of music - which is only one sustained note that then slowly builds up as the scene progresses. This seems to foreshadow what's to come, and also adds to the tension of the scene, therefore engaging the audience.
The music and sound suddenly seem to appear properly when the doors open, and the patient is rushed into the emergency room on the bed. This allows us to instantly be able to tell that these are important people in the scene.
The digetic sounds such as the doctors talking seem incredibly muffled during the scene however, almost like you are hearing things from the patient's place, who of course wouldn't be able to properly make out any sentences as she is dying. We are able to make out certain phrases during this, though, such as 'bitten by an animal'. This is important because, although we do not know it yet, she was actually bitten by a vampire, and this plays an important part later on in the film and therefore this gives the audience both valuable knowledge of what's already happened whilst foreshadowing what will happen later in the film.
As the woman dies, the digetic sounds seem to stop, although the music continues, leaving the audience intrigued and wanting to know what will happen next, seeing as all of the excitement has suddenly come to a halt and is replaced by silence.
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