The orphanage deconstruction

In the opening titles you hear this orchestral music which uses string instruments and has a very sad depressing feeling to it. The audience may be able to tell that this does not have a happy ending from this. There is also the ripping of wallpaper which gives the sound more depth and is very poignant, there is also some symbols added which creates a dark tone. The piano like music through out the beginning  builds suspense as it grows slightly louder as the sequence goes on. The pace of the non-diegetic the increases which gives the tone a sense of urgency.

The creaking of the old wooden floorboards create the idea that the house is old and it is more likely to inhabit demons than a younger house. The high pitch sound creates the sound of old equipment being used it does not put the audience at ease but peaks their interest about what is going to happen. As all the machines are turned on the non-diegetic orchestral sound builds. This creates suspense for the audience. The man's voice is very calming as it is soft in tone and slow in pace, which makes the audience feel at ease. When he is counting own you can hear non-diegetic orchestral sound which builds suspense as they  are about to go into the unknown. throughout you can hear breathing which unnerves the audience. There are strange echo-ey sounds which you hear that are never quite explained.  The children s voice are effective in scaring the audience as they do not know where they come from. The high pitch noises are synonymous with something strange happening to the equipment being used. The crying that you hear is very emotive for the audience as children are very vulnerable. while children are screaming there is a build up of an echo-ey sound which builds tension as it gets louder. This ends in a crescendo of orchestral music which is contrapuntal to the scene.

 

In  conclusion the orphanage uses very effective non-diegetic sounds that fit well with the tone of the film. The sounds are very appriopriate to the genre of the film and some of them could be easily recreated in our own film sequence. If you take away the sound from the film, it would not be very scary and sound is a very important feature in horror films.