Sound

The Shining - The sound of the shining has a great effect as it is a good sign post for the genre, the non-diegetic sound  is pretty eerie and creepy and perhaps gives the impression that it is a horror movie, this soundtrack has the typical sound track conventions of a horror movie, as the sound carries on it creates a supernatural/dark feel to it. Then a windy type sound is introduced which only compliments the effect the sound is creating.

Max Payne - The opening of max Payne starts with a sound bridge. Next we hear the diegetic sound of him heavily breathing as well as the sound of him being underwater. And then a baby crying. These sounds are all parallel to the negative scene which is being shown. We can also hear a clock ticking perhaps emphasizing the time, with non-diegetic voice overs. Then there is a sound bridge onto the high street as you can hear the sirens and the busy people on the street. These sounds signpost the genre of the film.






Boyz N The Hood - From the opening of Boyz n the hood, you can hear a shootout and someone being killed, then you then hear the news report of people speaking about their family. Use of racial terms and you can hear police sirens as well, these all signpost the genre once again. We thought looking at this would be useful as our genre ties in with this to an extent. From 0.16 - 1.06

What we said is that we will try to use a soundtrack to signpost our genre as we researched films and the majority tended to do this as it was effective and it gives an insight for the audience as they know what to expect.