Task 17: Use of sound in film opening-research.

Sound is used in film to emphasise a certain mood and to also add additional information to any film.

The opening sequence in the film Red Riding Hood (2011 fantasy), starts off with a very mysterious soundtrack as an aerial shot of the mountains pans on the screen. This already leaves the audience in suspence to wonder why the mysteriousness right at the start of the title sequence. As soon as the institutions names show up on the screen, the tone of the soundtrack changes into a slightly less mysterious tone. Wind is also introduced to the soundtrack to allow the audience to feel as if they are there in the film. However, the tempo of the soundtrack is still fairly slow, allowing the mysterious feeling to continue. As the village is starting to be introduced to the audience through the forest, the sound of forest animals such as birds are also heard by the audience. Rushing water from the falls is also shown and heard by the audience to create an earthy and natural atmosphere. More then half way through the title sequence and the tempo and medieval instruments are still the same and have been kept throughout the whole of the opening. Once the audience has been introduced into the village, already we can hear footsteps of a child as well as a squeeling pig, connoting a typical village.