Sound design as narrative device in contemporary film: Subliminal soundscape of war and terror in Sicario (2015)
The article provides an attempt to analyze selected characteristics of contemporary cinematic sound on the basis of the sound design in Sicario (2015, dir. Denis Villeneuve), which encompasses a digitally-processed orchestral score with originally texturized sound effects. I elaborate on the feature...
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Faculty of Philology, University of Bialystok
2019-09-01
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| description | The article provides an attempt to analyze selected characteristics of contemporary cinematic sound on the basis of the sound design in Sicario (2015, dir. Denis Villeneuve), which encompasses a digitally-processed orchestral score with originally texturized sound effects. I elaborate on the features of the sound design in Sicario in regard to production and composition. Moreover, I attempt to demonstrate the ways in which sound in Sicario, due to its characteristics, is outside any typical musical genre. Finally, the article focuses on sound effects which are used in an unusual way, for instance, so as to reflect characters’ personalities. The analysis of Sicario demonstrates that a creatively and meticulously constructed sound design in film has the power to exceed its traditional, supporting role in the narrative. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-79d1c86085fd46aa9971513fa70125492022-12-21T18:47:52ZengFaculty of Philology, University of BialystokCrossroads2300-62502019-09-0126334610.15290/cr.2019.26.3.03560Sound design as narrative device in contemporary film: Subliminal soundscape of war and terror in Sicario (2015)Lidia Kniaź0Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, PolandThe article provides an attempt to analyze selected characteristics of contemporary cinematic sound on the basis of the sound design in Sicario (2015, dir. Denis Villeneuve), which encompasses a digitally-processed orchestral score with originally texturized sound effects. I elaborate on the features of the sound design in Sicario in regard to production and composition. Moreover, I attempt to demonstrate the ways in which sound in Sicario, due to its characteristics, is outside any typical musical genre. Finally, the article focuses on sound effects which are used in an unusual way, for instance, so as to reflect characters’ personalities. The analysis of Sicario demonstrates that a creatively and meticulously constructed sound design in film has the power to exceed its traditional, supporting role in the narrative.https://czasopisma.filologia.uwb.edu.pl/index.php/c/article/view/560film scoreamerican cinemasound designsoundtracksicariodenis villenueve |
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| title | Sound design as narrative device in contemporary film: Subliminal soundscape of war and terror in Sicario (2015) |
| title_full | Sound design as narrative device in contemporary film: Subliminal soundscape of war and terror in Sicario (2015) |
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| title_short | Sound design as narrative device in contemporary film: Subliminal soundscape of war and terror in Sicario (2015) |
| title_sort | sound design as narrative device in contemporary film subliminal soundscape of war and terror in sicario 2015 |
| topic | film score american cinema sound design soundtrack sicario denis villenueve |
| url | https://czasopisma.filologia.uwb.edu.pl/index.php/c/article/view/560 |
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