Activity 1:
At the start of the extract, we see the main character who was a soldier in the IRA in a bath. We know that he is hunger striking and all through this scene, the atmosphere is very hollow because there is not a lot of sound. We hear birds outside, i suspect they may be crows because of they're squawk. we also hear fairly loud footsteps and their echo, so i imagine the rooms people are in are very bare and empty. To me, this also suggests a disciplined area. This is reinforced by the opening and closing of what sound like heavy metal jailhouse doors and the jangling of keys. We also hear breathing of the main character and without seeing the character in his state, we can hazard a guess that he is struggling to breath. All these noises are harsh, this suggests that this is a place of discipline like a jail.
Activity 2:
The camera seems to be taking vague shots of looking down a hallway near the floor to emphasise the footsteps or to show the main character being put in bed without revealing too much of his body.
Activity 3:
While We can hear the breathing and the crows squawking, a flashback appears with similar noise and it shows him running and then he starts to run through the woods into the darkness. In the wood, the crows scatter when they see him and as he looks back through the wood, we see a tear in his eye signifying he isn't going back to where he was. Then Bobby Sands dies and the crows in the distance scatter.
Activity 4:
In this scene, we hear music for the first time in the clip and this music comes on when he is flashing back to being a young boy on a bus. We hear other kids behind him laughing, singing and shouting Bobby's name, but he doesn't reply and continues to sit there. The music has a slow tempo and I would describe it as strange or eerie and its also a plain sort of music, there isn't much diversity in sounds. In the flashback, we also see him jogging through the little wooded area and we hear bells or a horn at this point in time. This could suggest that the main character is very close or has died. The presence of Irish bagpipes in the music also suggests this.
Conclusion:
In this clip, the silence throughout it makes all the sounds seem hollow because they all echo out fairly quickly. Towards the endof the clip, there is more going on, and therefore there are more sounds. Like when they use a close up on the main character, we can hear him blinking. I feel the silence is a sign of the main characters impending death and i think that is why the filmmaker does this.
In this scene, we hear music for the first time in the clip and this music comes on when he is flashing back to being a young boy on a bus. We hear other kids behind him laughing, singing and shouting Bobby's name, but he doesn't reply and continues to sit there. The music has a slow tempo and I would describe it as strange or eerie and its also a plain sort of music, there isn't much diversity in sounds. In the flashback, we also see him jogging through the little wooded area and we hear bells or a horn at this point in time. This could suggest that the main character is very close or has died. The presence of Irish bagpipes in the music also suggests this.
Conclusion:
In this clip, the silence throughout it makes all the sounds seem hollow because they all echo out fairly quickly. Towards the endof the clip, there is more going on, and therefore there are more sounds. Like when they use a close up on the main character, we can hear him blinking. I feel the silence is a sign of the main characters impending death and i think that is why the filmmaker does this.
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