Film Scene Analysis Emotion
October 7, 2021•236 words
Comment on how emotion is conveyed through music and sound.
Scene: 1:31:10 - 1:34:00
During the scene between 1:31:10 and 1:34:00 in the film touching the void the director uses conveys the emotions suspense and does a mood change from serious to much more ecstatic.
Firstly, at the very beginning of the scene Simpson speaks in an extremely slow and calm manner with very big breaths. This increases the suspense for us the viewer as we want to collect the information faster however that is not possible as he speaks quite slow. This occurred at the time 1:31:10 until about 1:31:30. This slow speaking manner creates an emotion of suspense and creates and empathy as the use of suspense creates empathy from us to Joe as we worry if something bad will happen to him which is very likely.
Additionally, the director also used an emotion change which happen at 1:33:44, this emotion change went from an extremely serious tone to a very uplifting and upbeat tone. This emotion change was very unexpected for the viewer and had a similar effect to a jump-scare. This created a huge contrast in tones as when the uplifting music was playing Joe was in immense pain which is ironic.
To conclude, the director of Touching the Void used two main techniques to convey emotions such as suspense and an emotion change.
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