Sound

Sound

The opening scene in Jaws uses a lot of musical techniques are used to make the music contrast with what is happening. For example:

• Crescendo: Build up of music
• Diminuendo: Gradual 'die away' of music
• Sforzando: Sudden sharp sound
• Diegetic: Within the scene
• Non diegetic: Added afterwards in post production

This is used when the woman goes swimming in the opening scene. She leaves the safety of the warm fire and music (which is diegetic) it slowly dies away. Therefore isolating themselves from the others. When she gets in the water the build up of music makes the audience anticipate something is going to happen (crescendo), and the music builds pace making you feel as if the shark is becoming faster. This type of music is non diegetic. Once she finally gets dragged under the music makes a dramatic stop and looks like nothing ever happened.

 

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In the Godfather when he kills the man in the restaurant just before he shots him, there is a sound of a train gradually getting louder. This is an example of a crescendo and is a diegetic sound. As it is happening in the scene as it happens.

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