Sound Analysis

For our homework we were asked to analyse a thriller opening title sequence. As a group we devided up the different catorgories and all chose one to write about. I will be writing about the sound and how it tells the audience what the film will be about and how it builds suspence.

The Ring 2002
Director: Gore Verbinski



At the start of the title sequence they have used what sounds like a childs jack in the box tune, but it is distorted, this would make the audience feel uncomfortable as it gives a spooky effect for the on coming film. This also gives the audience the idea that in the film the will be children or a child.
As the music gradualy changes the beat of the music sounds like a heart beat getting faster and faster this gives the audience a visceral reaction as there heart beat will match the speed of the music's.
The non-diagetic sounds such as the high pitched noise which happens occasionally throughout the music may put the audience on edge as they could now guess that the genre of the film is going to be thriller/horror.
As the intensity of the music dies down, the music changes back into the childs jack in the box tune but this time has children laughing over the top of it along with more high pitched sounds, this would make the audience feel uneasy therefore creating suspence.