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Sound Design obviously plays a large role in "The Conversation". In the opening sequence we see the couple walking through the courtyard, talking, while the "team", tries to record what they say.
How is the sound in this scene changed around? What effect does the sound design in this scene have on the audience, and how does the sound designer use sound in this scene to effect the story?
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Sound plays an integral role in the first scene of “The Conversation”. The quality of the sound changes frequently throughout the scene. At first all the audience can hear is the sound of people enjoying their lunch in the square, as well as music and other entertainment. Then we see the couple walking through the square as if they are trying to avoid people and are trying to converse in secrecy. We are also introduced to the surveillance men who are following the couple around the square. As these characters walk around the square, the voice quality of the couple is distorted and then cleared multiple times. The sound designer creates confusion for the audience by jumbling the speech of the couple. It is obvious that these two individuals are the interest of the scene, but not being able to hear what they are saying intrigues the audience. The audience feels the need to know what they are talking about, because it obviously is significant not only to the couple, but also the surveillance men.
In films, when it comes to sound, I feel it sets the mood or tone of the film. In horror movies, the more airy the music or even no music at all sets that suspenseful tone. In the scene from "The Conversation", the sound we hear are from the two point of views. From the people having the conversation and the people trailing them. We hear all the sounds of the people having that conversation and then we hear street performers, it then switches to what the people trailing the couple hear. We hear some garbled noises indicating the hearing devices are out of range, then we hear the conversation crystal clear. In that scene, the sound design has a profound influence on the audience in that, we hear bits and pieces of what the people are saying to draw us into the movie. It really draws our attention to the people trailing the couple because we are in all actuality trying to piece together the conversation with them.
In the film The Conversation the sound plays a very important role in framing scenes and setting the mood. Obviously, the film revolves around this one central conversation and follows it through the entire movie. In the first scene of the movie, the sound moves from the two people talking in the park, the background noise of the other people in the park talking, the recording of the two people talking, the loud background music, and the conversations of the team. The sound designer takes this scene, in which everyone is trying to act very casually, and he makes it kind of intense and suspenseful. The audience doesn’t know exactly what’s going on, and they’re a little confused, and they’re looking for answers. The sound designer makes it so we don’t get the whole story and don’t hear anyone’s whole conversation. This makes it so the rest of the movie, we try to piece together the original conversation. The sound moves around so much in that first scene, that the audience is left out of the loop on everyone’s conversation. Certain bits of the conversation are scrambled and we hear that annoying cyber recording, and we get frustrated. We’re left trying to guess what the couple in the park says and what they are talking about. The sound designer in this movie is in charge of the pretty much the whole story since he is in charge of the conversation, which is the plot and what we are trying to figure out for the rest of the movie.
It is obvious that sound is everything in this movie. Although we have not yet seen the entire movie, it appears as if the opening sequence is among the most important in the film. The conversation in this scene is constantly being distorted, and I believe the purpose of this was to keep the audience intensely focused. And the music of the film was very specific to the scene. Nothing to overwhelming was ever used. Only simple, yet sometimes faster paced, music was used to build the tension of the scene.
In the opening scene sound is manipulated many different ways, and each has a different effect on the audience. One of the the techniques used is just normal sound as if you're right there listening. There is also moments where they are extremely quiet and almost inaudible. As well as distortion. The effects on the audience are pretty clear it helps to draw us in to whose point of view we are watching with,, bringing us further into the moment. Often in a film you know who's eyes you are looking through with maybe an over the shoulder shot. But in this scene you can have similiar camera angles, but different sound and you know whom you are watching through. Also, the distortions and inaudible's play an important role on the rest of the film. It requires them to spend a lot of time editing the soundtracks to make them clearer. And the fact that they are hard to hear leaves gaps in the conversation, which can be very important to understanding overall what was said. it seems that after he discovers some of the gaps that were missed he'll change sides and help the couple instead.
The opening scene of the film "The Conversation" not only sets the suspenseful and mysterious plot of the movie in motion, but also contains an array of different sound effects, some of which effect the story as a whole. The scene is set in a busy town square (which we later find out is located in San Francisco). The opening shot is of a large crowd of people in the square milling around. The camera zooms into a performing mime, then later focuses on a couple which will, as it turns out, be the basis of the film's scandalous plot.
Much of the sound captured by Harry Caul's "team" is of the street performers' music, which interrupts the sound bites they wish to capture from the couple. A strange noise persists throughout the scene, and throughout much of the movie as a whole, one which is never clearly identified, but is probably coming from Caul's sound-capturing equipment. We hear it during the opening shot, then several other times as the film progesses. The sound in this particular scene is, thus, changed around quite a bit, from the loud music of the street performers, to the strange sound of Caul's equipment, to the pertinent conversation between the man and woman which will eventually set the plot into spiraling motion. These different noises flip flop throughout the scene, one interrupting the other at any given time, making the sound of the scene very discordant.
This extreme discordance, along with the fact that we do not know who the couple is, why they are being recorded, or even exactly what they are saying in the scene, creates an immensely suspenseful feel for the audience. The viewer wants to follow the scene, but it is very difficult with garbled noises and voices persisting throughout. This air of mystery is intensely felt during this scene due to the sound design as a whole.
The sound design of this scene affected the entire plot of the film, as the viewer learns later. Certain sound bites from the couple's conversation are not comprehensive or even audible at first listen. Later, however, when Caul plays around with the tapes, he uncovers vital pieces to the conversation. One of these pieces came from the man, who said, "He'd kill us if he had the chance." This stirs up a fear in Caul that one or both of them might be murdered. Another piece of the conversation Caul later hears is when the young man asks the woman if it bothers her that they are walking in circles; she then tells him to laugh as though she has told a joke. Caul learns from this sound bite that the two obviously knew they were being followed, and simply wanted to make the fact that they were walking in circles less mysterious. After gathering these vital pieces of information, Caul is hesitatnt to give the tapes to his client and tries desperately to get to the bottom of the whole ordeal.
The sound design in the opening scene of "The Conversation" clearly creates an air of suspense which persists throughout the film, and contains sound design which later affects the story as a whole.
The sound in the opening segment primarily focuses on the dialogue between only two characters. This is then played agian and tampered with many times over throughout the movie and we learn more and more about what the people are discussing. While we still don't know all the circumstances of the conversation, we become increasingly intrigued as the movie reveals that there are lives at stake due to what they are talking about. The movie is primarily about sound design itself, by following private spies who can record anything with their devices.
The opening scene of "The Conversation" use of sound started off sounding normal enough with just the regular sounds of an ordinary day. then all of a sudden you start to hear weird noises. it makes the audience no that not everything is what it seems to be i think. also when we first see gene hackman move we hear changes in the level of volume (or at least i thought i heard that) which led me to think that he was bugged. when gene steps into the van and all the audio recording locations are revealed you now know where the weird sounds are coming froma nd why you can only hear some parts of the couples conversation which adds to the sense of mystery i suppose. we basically know exactly as much as the protagonist does because we heard only what the team was able to record of the conversation. the way the sound was used kind of made me feel like i was maybe even part of the team since i was hearing what had been recorded.
Sound obviously plays an important role in every movie or film. Sometimes an audience doesn't get the same feeling they do in a silent film as opposed to watching a film with sound. Adding a sound effect or a song can increase the effect a scene may have and what it can bring to the film. In "The Conversation", we see a couple walking around being recorded from various places in the park. Some of the couples conversation was covered up by other noises in the park, like other people talking or the live music that was playing. When the "team" took the recorded conversation back to the studio for review they had to make alot of changes in oder to hear the words of the people. The main character is continuously flipping different switches to stretch different parts of the sound and making things louder and softer. The sound obviously has a big part in this film because the "team" has to work through the various sounds to get the conversation out of what they recorded. This is the sole purpose of the film, to get the conversation to the person who wants it. Since the main character spends so much time in the beginning trying to get the conversation out of his recording,the audience becomes st as interested as he is. The audience wants to know what the couple is saying and what the purpose of the conversation is. When it comes time for the main character to give the recording up he faces a dilemma because he thinks it might be used to harm the couple. The audience canrelate to him, because they want no hamr done to the couple either. The sounds throughout this film build relationships and create the storyline for the film. Since the main character and his "team" work in recording other peoples conversations, sound is the film.
In The Conversation the movie starts off with a scene of a man and woman walking around a court yard speaking to each other with tons of noise around them. The conversation with the man and woman will fade in and out because of the interference from everything around them. Then the film shows the man and woman at different angles and fills in the parts of the conversation that were missed out because of the commotion around them and of the microphones could pick up their conversation. This helps you get into the movie more because it makes you focus more on the film and what the two are speaking about, because of this the whole surveillance undercover mood is set for the viewers. This first scene is a very good sample of what the film will be based around during the entire time, along with how great of a surveillance expert Gene Hackman plays in this film and his fears of what will happen to the couple in the future.
The sound plays a large part in Conversation. The sound is mixed around so jazz type music is heard at the opening scene instead of hearing what’s going on in the scenery. There are noises you begin hearing such as a dog, someone singing, sirens, people walking, and some conversation. The couple begins being watched. The girl begins signing. You begin to see the audio being recorded in the car. You then begin hearing only a man’s voice. The sound is mixed around so you’re hearing different things going on that will eventually tie into what is really going on. The jazz music seems like it is more of the mood setter until the sirens and footsteps come along to let you know what’s going on with the scene.
The sound plays a large part in Conversation. The sound is mixed around so jazz type music is heard at the opening scene instead of hearing what’s going on in the scenery. There are noises you begin hearing such as a dog, someone singing, sirens, people walking, and some conversation. The couple begins being watched. The girl begins signing. You begin to see the audio being recorded in the car. You then begin hearing only a man’s voice. The sound is mixed around so you’re hearing different things going on that will eventually tie into what is really going on. The jazz music seems like it is more of the mood setter until the sirens and footsteps come along to let you know what’s going on with the scene.
The sound plays a large part in Conversation. The sound is mixed around so jazz type music is heard at the opening scene instead of hearing what’s going on in the scenery. There are noises you begin hearing such as a dog, someone singing, sirens, people walking, and some conversation. The couple begins being watched. The girl begins signing. You begin to see the audio being recorded in the car. You then begin hearing only a man’s voice. The sound is mixed around so you’re hearing different things going on that will eventually tie into what is really going on. The jazz music seems like it is more of the mood setter until the sirens and footsteps come along to let you know what’s going on with the scene.
The scene is set in a city park, or commonplace right around lunch time, so it is crowded with many people as well as street performers. So the added number of people creates loud background noise and interferes with the "team's" ability to hear/understand the couple's conversation. When the couple nears the street performers,or periodically the listening devices make a strange noise, as they are unable to detect the couple's voices clearly, their voices go in and out allowing only clips of the conversation to be heard. The unfamiliar noise creates a weird tension. Also, only hearing part of the conversation creates suspense and mystery, the audience is wondering why they are recording this seeminly normal or innocent conversation. It is only until later in the movie that the inaudible parts are clearified, and a far more serious subject matter is uncoverd. The sound designer uses this scene as the base of the whole story, and changes the sound to create suspense and mystery to the story.
Q. "Sound Design obviously plays a large role in "The Conversation". In the opening sequence we see the couple walking through the courtyard, talking, while the "team", tries to record what they say.
How is the sound in this scene changed around? What effect does the sound design in this scene have on the audience, and how does the sound designer use sound in this scene to effect the story?"
In this scene, it's a typical day for a couple walking in a park in San Francisco. What Mark and Ann don’t know is that they're being followed and have been bugged by a group of surveillance men led by sound expert Harry Caul. With his assistant Stan in the van and another man named Paul walking in the park with two other guys listening far away on buildings, they record every word of the conversation they can find. After the job is done, it's up to Harry and Stan to listen to every word, even through its distortion.
Sound in this scene is taken from many different sources and is patched together to form one, clear, seamless piece.
This scene is unique because the audience actually sees aspects of the sound recording process used in the film, especially when we are taken back to the warehouse and Harry's shop.
The voices "fade" in and out, making it seem as though the team is having trouble either with their equipment or with the other noises in the scene. This made me wonder what the couple was saying and what effect it would have on the story.
The sound designer does this to create tension in the scene.
Sound plays an important role in this film and depicts the scenes that have big impacts on how the movie will play out. Sound also plays a large part of how the audience reacts to the scene and what is happening to the characters.
The sound in the movie impacts the movie in several different ways. It can mean that something good or bad is about to happen.
Harry Caul is a very paranoid and an introverted individual. He lives his life alone and obsessed with his own privacy, an effect of his previous job possibly. The sound designer uses sound to affect the whole story. For example going in and out of sequences of sound, rolling back the audio for effect. When Harry plays his sax in his apartment he plays a track along with his own live music(the track played a second faster then his live music). When Harry listens to the couple outside he hears music and nonsense outside, only to hear a second of words, to hear "he would kill us if he had the chance"
“The Conversation” obviously relies heavily on the ability to use sound as a way to affect the way the audience views the movie. In the beginning when the couple is walking around, the team tries to capture what they are saying with different sound devices. The sound at this part is changed around to allow the ‘team’ not to hear exactly what the couple is saying. The sound design is extremely complex shown through the different sounds that obstruct the sound from the team. An example is the sound of the fountain disguising the voices of the couple. Then the sound design allows the main character to go back and take out obstructive sounds, such as the fountain, to hear what the couple is actually saying. The effect of this on the audience is that it is surprising and interesting. The audience feels suspense and intrigue in result to the way the sound is altered to find out what the couple is actually saying. This leaves the audience wanting to find out what the rest of the conversation consists of. The sound designer allows the main character to keep going back to the conversation at different points to alter the sound so that he can dig deeper into what the conversation actually is. Without the ability of the sound designer to use sound as a tool, the character would not be able to do what he does in the movie ultimately guiding the plot
In the movie "The Conversation" the sound design in the first scene plays a huge role in this movie. The sound designer purposely makes it so that the audience does not hear the whole conversation between the couple because if we did hear the entire thing we would know what was going to happen in the end. This way the audience is left questioning what is going on until the very end of the movie.
The sound design uses some very interesting techniques in the opening conversation of the film. The entire film revolves around this conversation. They cut and jumped around to different parts of the conversation to create some confusion and mystery to what the people were talking about. They used fade outs and ins to create the effect of trying to record someone who was trying to avoid being recorded. They made great use of background noises and actual street performers music to make it very real. They distorted certain parts and added computer sounding noises to show that they were using some very sophisticated equipment. They used repetition of the same phrases to create emphasis on certain parts to make the audience focus on them. They created an illusion that the entire plot wasn't what it seemed.
In the opening scene of The Conversation we are following a couple as they walk through union square, and we see a team led by Gene Hackman observing them with microphones and other recording devices, but what we hear isn't the clean cut version of the conversation being recorded, we hear bits and parts of what they are saying, and all the interference and static from the listening devices. Some parts of the conversation are deliberately left out from the opening sequence because they are revealed at various points in the rest of the film, revealing the nature and meaning of what is being said. The opening scene is such a large part of the film as a whole, and we are shown other bits and pieces of it as the film progresses.
In the beginning sequence of the movie Caul is hired by the director to spy on his wife. The director believes his wife, Ann, is having an affair with Marc. Therefore in the beginning scene of the movie Ann and Marc and walking around the park talking, not aware that Caul and his associates have placed three seperate microphones around the park in hopes to piece together the conversation. The sound design in the scene is used to manipulate what the characters are saying, or at least all that the people cutting the film believes the audience should know. The sound designer uses the sound in this scene to manipulate the story and form false judgments on certain people, which will be revealed later on in the film.
Sound in the beginning of The Conversation is changed around and intermingled between the couple in Union square and the recording team in the van (and earlier Caul with the grocery bag). The sound often includes background sounds of whatever is in front of the recording device and the couple, so when Ann and her male accomplice go near a set of bongos or drums the talking is hard to make out. The sound design leaves the audience guessing and slightly frustrated (although at this point the recording is not set as the main focus of the film) as to what was exactly said. So throughout the story as the words are being filtered, more and more plot aspects become clear. It is also used almost hauntingly as a backdrop to Caul's investigation -being distorted and intermingled with "lonely" music.
Chris Winn
The music in the beginning scene of "Conversation" sets a certain mood for the movie. You see the couple walking through the park, while the people are listening in and the music is eerie and almost suspensful, setting a tone that something is about to happen. When the couple goes out of sight, you think that something has happend even though they are fine and you end up seeing them later. but since the music sets that tone for us, you are meant to believe that something terrible has just happened to them. Music is used to set the tone for a lot of movies, especially scary or thriller movies. Even though nothing is going to happen the music is set to make you think that something is going to jump out to scare you. The same goes for music to make a scene sad or lively music for something funny or exciting. Music can set a tone for anything without there being any words said.
Sound is really important becuase it can make you feel scared happy or worried. The right sound in a movie can make you feel what the actors are feeling. During The Conversation you can feel the actors are feeling.
The sound design in the movie "The Conversation" is essenial for the tone that it passes for the audience watching it. An example of its importance is on the first scene, where the couple walks in the park during their lunch break while their conversation are being recorded by spies. On that scene, Copolla suggested to the audience that the conversation is partially confidential, because some parts of it are distorted due to lack of proximity. The high pitch sound calls the attention as well as intrigues the watchers. Besides the quality of the recording and the sounds of it, the loud music on the background of that scene also has a impact on the tone of the movie. It sets a mystery, because the effect of not listening to the conversation and looking at the characters moving their lips suggest that they are secretive about the subject. Due to the work of the sound designer on this movie, the audience gets interested in solving the conflict right from the beginning. Sound is as important in that scene as it is on the shower scene of "Psycho".
In The Conversation, sounds are used to both entice the viewer as well as to confuse the viwer. In the beginning of the movie, we are drawn in to listen to a conversation that is going on in a busy city square. We are able to hear most of the conversation and then all of a sudden we hear squelches. The fact that the viewer is unable to decipher what is going on, makes us want to hear more. We know from the title that this scene is going to set the stage for the entire film, so naturally we are drawn in. The different angle shots of the sound eventually begin to tell a story, but it's up to the viewer to to try to figure that story out. What seems like a normal everyday conversation, takes the viewer on a LONG ride to find out what it was that we didn't hear.
The opening scene in The Conversation, as well as in any other movie, sets the tone for the audience. In this instance, the scene begins at Union Square, San Francisco where we first meet Harry Caul among a crowd of people. As we are being introduced to Harry, the camera is zooming into the crowd to focus on him and almost simultaneously the volume is picking up. These sound effects put the audience on edge, obviously making them wonder what is going to happen next. Then the camera zooms in on Mark and Ann, the couple that Caul is monitoring. The audience hears bits and pieces of dialogue but not enough to fully understand what exactly is going on. This completes the opening scene, setting up the audience with questions of what exactly is going on and how is this ultimately going to end up.
In the opening sequence of "The Conversation," the sound designer decided to do something unusual. While the couple is having conversation in the courtyard, you hear a sort of distortion in the background, somewhat like a disturbance from a microphone. This does not happen constantly, but somewhat randomly throughout their conversation. The director probably decided to do this because it would draw the audiences attention to certain aspects of the conversation, and drawing the audiences attention away from other ambient noise. This would be caused by humans inherent curiosity into something they cannot fully hear or see. Because the disturbance is there, the audience instinctively wants to focus in more on what is being distorted. Beings that bits and pieces of this conversation are used throughout the film, constantly being rearranged, and refocused, the director had to make sure the audience's attention was drawn to certain parts of the conversation in the opening sequence.
The sound design in the opening scene of “The Conversation” gives a certain mood and characteristics to the movie. The scene is intensely focused upon this couple waling through the courtyard. This makes the audience curious about why we are watching them so closely. We then find out that this couples’ conversation is trying to be recorded by the “team.” The sound design changes the sound in this scene many times, in that every moment the “team” can not capture in the conversation; the sound is muffled and magnified as if we were listening through the recorder. This muffled sound makes the audience (and “team”) wonder what the couple is saying, and ultimately makes the audience wonder why this couple is being followed and recorded in the first place. The sound design effects the story because this muffled sound signifies what the “team” can not understand in the recording and every time Gene Hackman’s character alters the recording to make it more clear, we hear a different part of the conversation.
The sound in the opening scene of The Conversation is distorted at times with the couples voice echoing. At other times the sound goes low and the audience is unable to hear what the couple is saying. This tells the audience that the couple talking are not the only active characters in the scene, as there is obviously someone trying to listen to what they are saying. It also puts the audience on edge as there is a feeling the couple is being watched and followed, so an attack of some sort on them could be in motion. This is compounded when the girl notices Harrison Ford's character and tells the man about it. The sound designer sets up the story without even focusing on the main characters.
The sound keeps going in and out depending on the distance between the couple and the undercover men. The sound design in this scene draws us in and creates suspicion. What are they say? What are they talking about? This sort of suspicion, mystery, and interest in their conversation draws us in. The effect it has on the story is set us up for the rest of the story. We can tell from the type of continuous broken sound playing during their conversation gives us the hint that their being recorded. Which leads us the fact that this is a high-profiled case in the hands of the worlds best conversation recorder spy man.
The sound in the opening sequence is a mix between narration and dialog between two characters. The director of the movie probably does this to give us an idea of whats going on, then we can dive into what actually is going on as we see the characters. I think it is done this way to give you an idea of what you are seeing and then afterwards you can actually try to experience vicariously through the characters in the film. The overall sound in this movie is background music to give you effects along with dialog. This is to draw out emotions out and make us relate to the movie more.
The sound throughout the scene changes from dialogue to static to lots of backround noises. All of these quick changes throughout the opening scene cause confusion for the viewer and set the pace for the movie...which is trying to figure out what was said in the conversation between the man and the woman. The sound designer uses various backround and static noises to create commotion, confusion, and mystery. It can be frustrating for the viewer because it is not often that the audience of a film cannot fully understand a conversation that is taking place. All these sounds directly effect the story because many other scenes of the movie include Gene Hackman trying to figure out what was said in the conversation and and what the dilemma is between these people.
To be honest i dont remember too much of the opening secen, other then it was slow pased and kept going back betweenthe cople walking around the circle and Caul adjusting the mics from the taped conersations to get the best posssible sound. To me being able to hear the couple over all the backround noise may give the audience an uneasy feeling a sence that we arent safe no matter what. If someone wants to ease in all they have to do is work for it and our privacy is violated.
The sound is changed around with the couple walking around and the people recording them are also recording the sounds that are around the couple making it harder for them to hear whats being said. After they have the recording he has to mess around with it until he cuts all the other noises out except their voices.
In the opening sequence of "The Conversation". The sound is manipulated and displayed in various ways. We as the audience are in some parts hearing the couple speak but only in peices so we are unaware of what they are discussing. Then we hear what is occurring in the background of the film. People passing by, music, children playing, etc. All the while the couple's conversation is being blocked. Then in some instances we hear the sound of a recording machine which is a bit alarming. This all adds to the suspense and confusion of the film's storyline. The audience sees a young couple but they do not understand their significance becuase we don't know what they are saying. The audience ia also distracted by the noise of the device and the background occurences, which adds suspense.
The way the sound is cut in and out with the couple. It only allows the audience to hear bits and piece of their conversation which gives the audience a yearning to want to know more and it keeps the the viewer engaged more and utilize more than just the sense of vision.
The sound from a movie (at least in this day and age) makes or breakes a movie. In this movie, no sound would mean no movie. The conversation is the basis of the movie. With part of the convesation blocked by nosie, it creates a story for the movie. In which the "team" tries to figure out.
The music in this film affects emotions because of the pulsing of the beats and the narrators voice also makes the veiwer more intimate with the movie.
Movie music has a lot to do with how a viewer feels during the movie and also foreshadows what is to come. That's how i felt during this movie because it put me in the narrator's perspective and i thouroughly enjoyed this movie.It was a thriller.
The effect is really that it pulls the audience in, making them more interested in what's going on and what's going to happen. It creates an air of mystery so that the audience is constantly enthralled and trying to piece together everything.
In the movie "The Conversation", sound is most important. The opening scene sets the mood for the rest of the movie. The movie keeps referring back to this opening scene in different formats and sounds. The sound throughout the conversion is distorted purposely to intrigued the audience and keep them interested. I believe the music in the movie was set specifically to each scene very appropriately. Its very simple and not overwhelming.
The sound is changed around in the scene by going back and forth between the couple walking through the courtyard, the men walking around them trying to record their conversation and the men in the van. The affect the sound design in the scene has on the audience is a sense of confusion. The audience has an idea that the couple is being watched, but not really followed at first. The couple's conversation is not clear and it gives off a feeling of uncertainty and confusion because the audience can not really understand what the couple walking in the courtyard is saying. The sound effects externalize nervousness on the faces of the couple in the courtyard and the team recording them. The sound designer used sound in the scene to effect the story by using static, voices that came in and out of hearing range and the band playing in the courtyard. The men who were following the couple were trying to communicate with each other and they were having trouble hearing each other clearly, which set the emotion of the scene by portraying a feeling of apprehension of being caught taping the conversation between the couple, a feeling of stress because the men were worried that they were not clearly recording the conversation between the couple walking in the courtyard, due to the static and the band playing and feeling of desperation, for fear that the men taping the couple would not have another chance to follow them and record their conversation.
sound is the final puzzle piece of any movie. it is what ties the images to the story. a story isn't complete unless all the parts are involved. sound being one of them. the distortion of the sound in the opening scene leaves the viewers intensely focused. there's distractions like loud music and there's difficulty knowing exactly what is being said. the viewers try to listen intently and figure out what is being said just as the people recording the conversation are. the initial conversation is obviously the cause of the rest of the events in the movie, so if the original conversation is difficult to figure out, the viewer is left curious and continues to try to figure out what exactly that conversation is about.
I think that the sound work throughout the movie and the mix of them is what made this a genius masterpiece. The taped conversations, voices, noises and musical addition help build up the suspense and you always want to know what is going to happen next. Even though I didn’t like the movie, I think that what kept me intrigued was the way director Francis Coppola put together the sequence of the scenes along with the background sound. Also, the repetition of the same sound helps identify the sound effect with how Harry feels towards what is happening. In the first scene we can hear some distorted noises and then one of the conversations, this makes you want to hear what is going to happen and it is a good way to make the audience involved in the conspiracy.
In the conversation sound plays a large role in the opening scene. The sounds we hear include the couple's conversation and some of the surrounding noises, and also we hear parts of the conversation from the stalkers point of view. When we hear the sound from the people following the couple the audience can pick up on that the trouble the followers are having in hearing what the couple says. We learn that either there is trouble with the listenign devices used by the stalkers or they are not close enough to hear clearly. Either way the sound of only parts of the conversation help build drama in the movie and it gets the audience involved. Also there is a subtle bit of music being played, i believe it is jazz music, during the couple's conversation and this also helps to develop a mood too the movie.
In the opening sequence of this film the sound plays a key role. It draws our attention to the couple becuase everyone is nosey and wants to know whats really going on. This is hard to do becuase you can only hear bits and pieces of their conversations. Also the background music and loud street noises cause us not to be able to hear the couples conversation. The sound designer uses sound in this scene to effect the story because it puts us in the position of the team of followers.
The opening scene of "the conversation" is the dialogue between two characters. The whole movie is focused around this conversation and this focus is possible because as the movie progresses more and more of the conversation becomes audible. In the beginning the audience can't really understand what is going on between the two people but by the end it is clear. The sound is used to progress the story line of the movie.
In the park scene when the team is trying to record the couple talking, the sound is clear, the fuzzy, then clear again. When we, the audience, hear what they are saying, we assume that they are scared they are going to be killed. The fuzzy area that was not heard would have changed the whole plot to the movie. In reality, they were planning on killing the husband. Blocking out that little part of the conversation with changing the sound is what the whole movie was based on.
When the movie opened in the courtyard scene, I was left a bit confused (assuming that what was wanted from the director)Conversation between the mman and woman was trying to be recorded as well as the strange men in the van. I wasn't quite sure if they were actually being recorded at first or not. I couldn't tell what the couple was saying. I didn't get what was happening until Hackman changed the sound in the movie and the conversation was know comprehendable.
The Conversation was not only an extreamly appropriate title for the movie but also a great way to show you how to pay attention to the sound design.
When the movie opened in the courtyard scene, I was left a bit confused (assuming that what was wanted from the director)Conversation between the mman and woman was trying to be recorded as well as the strange men in the van. I wasn't quite sure if they were actually being recorded at first or not. I couldn't tell what the couple was saying. I didn't get what was happening until Hackman changed the sound in the movie and the conversation was know comprehendable.
The Conversation was not only an extreamly appropriate title for the movie but also a great way to show you how to pay attention to the sound design.
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