Exercise 1

The first exercise I have been set in this module is basically a shorter version of the final task.
We were given a choice of four film extracts, all without sound and asked to design sound for our chosen one.

I have chosen a 2 minute section from the 2007 film No Country For Old Men by the Coen Brothers.

Of the four choices this was the only film I had already seen and therefore I knew I enjoyed it. The sound design of the chosen scene within the film is particularly interesting on account of how subtle it is. So much of the tension is in the space between the louder sounds. The placement of the sounds draws the viewer in and forces them to try and figure out their own spacial awareness in the world being portrayed.
At this point of the narrative the protagonist is hiding in a hotel from a killer. The viewer is never actually made certain that the killer is in the building, yet through the sound design the audience pieces together an image of the killer somewhere very close by.
In this task I aim to create a similar feeling of suspense as captured in the original film.