[Silence of the Lambs.] Silence of the Lambs (1990) is regarded as one of the best psychological Thrillers ever made. it won Oscars for Actor, Actress and Best Film.
[The Opening.]
At the begining there is an establishing shot of a forest-like scenery. A woman is running through and is introduced as the first character which would assume she is the main character. Seeing a woman running would make us assume she is running away from someone or something, making her look vunerable. She starts to climb an assault-course by which we register she is not in danger and later realise she is part of the FBI.
The music from the begining is an eerie peice of classical music which is immediatly unsettling. In fact we are waiting for something to happen to the woman. The music makes us predict something in the visuals.
[The Interveiw.]
The soundtrack is playing through the course of her walking up to Hannibal Lecter in his cell. It is used to unsettle the auidence without going to its full tempo.
The soundtrack is playing through the course of her walking up to Hannibal Lecter in his cell. It is used to unsettle the auidence without going to its full tempo.
[The Escape Scene.]
The scene opened with diegetic classical music playing which later turns into part of the soundtrack. This suggests a peaceful scene. It joins two different sounds together to become a faster peice of music. A high tempo soundtrack creates immideat anxiety/tension. Then the soundtrack stops and the classical diegetic music returns to the scene.
[Buffallo Bill is Killed.]
As Clarice staggers around the darkness the soundtrack builds again to a crescento until she shoots him and then the music dies down along with the character or Buffallo Bill.
The audience is familiar with the soundtrack from its use of key moments in the film. It is very loud which can be draining.
[Internet Research on the Film.]
Tagline:
Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Brilliant. Cunning. Psychotic. In his mind lies the clue to a ruthless killer. - Clarice Starling, FBI. Brilliant. Vulnerable. Alone. She must trust him to stop the killer.
[Evaluation.]
We liked the way this film had only used one soundtrack through the key moments so we decided to do the same, we researched music and found one that fitted in with our scenes and the genre of psychological thrillers. we felt this was powerful in getting the audience familiar with the significance of the music to the scene.
[Evaluation.]
We liked the way this film had only used one soundtrack through the key moments so we decided to do the same, we researched music and found one that fitted in with our scenes and the genre of psychological thrillers. we felt this was powerful in getting the audience familiar with the significance of the music to the scene.
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