In “Sleepless in Seattle” they play very romantic-styled music or music that gives the scene a very somber tone to add to the overall effect of feeling for the character who is in the scene. Music helps in creating the mood of the scene through the type of music that is played. Marsha in the scene above, it creates a very somber like mood for the audience because he is speaking of his wife who passed away and how much he loves her. For example, when Sam is speaking of the love he has for his wife to Dr. 24).ģ. ĭialogue helps in creating the mood of the scene through the subject matter that is being discussed.
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Goodykoontz & Jacobs (2011) describe how films use slow-motion paced music in order to give a movie a certain feeling to a particular part of the film (chap. The movie implemented romantic sounding music that was often times slow-paced. The music’s impact on the theme of finding love and overcoming loss or just simply finding love was evident in the type of music that was being played throughout the film. It is through the dialogue that we come to understand all of this. She is intrigued by the things Sam says on this radio show with Dr. Sam sparks something within Annie, a desire to have someone who loves her the way that Sam loves his wife that passed away. We also see Annie’s character as a woman who has this desire to meet a man (Sam) that she has only heard on the radio. Sam, Jonah’s father, is hesitant at first, but then he entertains his son’s wishes by making attempts to go on dates and finding love again. It is through the conversations of the characters within the film that we see that Jonah wants his father to find love and happiness once again. The use of dialogue helps establish the theme of finding love after loss or just finding one’s soul mate. It makes one feel all warm and fuzzy inside (Ha!).ĭialogue is used throughout the movie to advance the plot, to help describe the characters or the qualities that each characters possesses within the film, and to give the audience information that is important for them to know about different things pertaining to these characters in the film (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2011, chap. The music played is very uplifting and romantic sounding. The music adds to the impact of this particular scene by setting a very lovey-dovey type mood. The audience is able to see the connection through the deep, intense eye contact shared between the characters as they walk towards one another. As Annie holds the teddy bear, Sam and Jonah enter the scene and Annie meets Jonah and Sam for the very first time. In the scene below we see Annie on the top of the Empire State Building where she finds a little red backpack with a teddy bear inside of it. Music is also a very important element that is used within the movie “Sleepless in Seattle” and it is used to set the mood for the scene. Marsha on the telephone and it comes through the radio as you will see in the scene below. We also see ADR used in scenes where Sam and Jonah are talking to Dr. The studio would have used ADR to record Jonah’s voice to sound like it was coming through the telephone in the studio. I believe that this post-production process was used in many of the scenes such as the one above where Jonah is talking to Sam via telephone. Goodykoontz & Jacobs (2011) describe ADR as a part of the movie where the actors had to re-record their voice in post-production in order for the audience to be able to hear them in a clear manner (para. I noticed that in many of the scenes in the movie “Sleepless in Seattle” that automated dialogue replacement (ADR) may have been used. Jonah proceeds to ask his father if they can go to New York City to meet Annie on the top of the Empire State Building on Valentine’s Day. In the scene above, we see Sam (played by Tom Hanks) on a date when he receives a phone call from his son Jonah. The focus in this film is on the conversations between each of the characters. I believe that is the case in this movie. Goodkoontz & Jacobs (2011) state that there are some movies where dialogue is the greatest, most significant component of the film (chap.
In the movie “Sleepless in Seattle” one of the three basic categories of sound that is used is dialogue.
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