Sound in Film

Widowmakers 'Alive' features a lot of sound, sound is a perfect and effective way of changing the audiences mood. Regardless of what is on screen.

One of my favourite uses of sound is called 'Soundtrack Dissonance', when the soundtrack doesn't match up to what is happening in the scene. It's inappropriate for what's happening, for example..

In this scene from Reservoir Dogs, Mr Blonde is listening to happy music but he's torturing his victim. The atmosphere isn't tense, it's slightly uncomfortable.