13. Task 1: scene analysis
Go to the Sound Design section of moodle, Week 2: scene
analysis
Watch the embedded video “Saving Private Ryan - Omaha Beach”
and analyse it's sound design. Write a detailed essay-style
evaluation which answers all questions. Use specific examples
from the scene, including screenshots, and explain what these
examples prove / show.
14. Task 1: scene analysis
1. How is sound used to build tension?
2. How is sound used to create realism?
3. How important is sound in telling the story?
4. How are sound effects used in the scene?
5. What mood is the sound design trying to create for the audience?
How have they achieved this?
6. What different diagetic, internal diagetic, external diagetic & non-
diagetic sounds are there in the scene? How are they all used?
7. How does the scene use contrapuntal and parallel sound.
8. How is silence used in the scene?