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Q3: How does sound contribute to the atmosphere created in the opening scene 

At the start of the scene there was a very clever use of silence when the man was lighting the cigarette This was very effective as this made the audience think this functions as a enigma code. Where is this man? and Why was it very quiet? In this scene the sound used was diegetic and they was an element of non-diegetic. The difference between diegetic and non diegetic is that  diegetic is coming from the scene of coming from someone in the scene. Non- diegetic is sound which is not coming from the scene-it's added on. The the high pitch soundtrack was added to this scene whilst editing- this soundtrack was very spooky and it was very high pitch and it was going with the fire so this was a use of parallel sound as we associate this sound with what's happening in the scene. This soundtrack was creating a very scary atmosphere and a very trapped atmosphere because the fire was just in the boat and was going nowhere- this lead to a massive explosion, the explosion noise was parallel sound. Secondly their was uses of diegetic sound as some sounds were coming from the scene. The sounds that were coming from the scene was the fire and this sound was not added on whilst editing. Also the sound of the fire showed this was a very dangerous environment.  

Thought this scene the sound was keep on speeding up- this was building up tension. With the fire the pitch of the sound was keep on getting higher and higher- the sound was getting higher when we see the fire travelling on the line- The sound was very loud and disturbing and it engages the audience. The clever thing the the direct did with the sound was that when the fire was getting more hotter- the pitch of the sound was getting louder. When the pitch of the sound was getting higher this was creating suspense as the audience wanted to know where is this fire going. Overall the sound was used very well and the uses where very clever and it when well with whole scene.