SOUND IN SERENITY

The sound effects in Serenity are very important on creating an authentic impact on the audience. The music is often used in this extract to create an anti-climax which rapidly increases suspense and jeopardy. Both these aspects are very important to the genre as they indicate that this extract is taken from an action and adventure film. There is a song in the background consisting of string instruments, such as violins, which increases in pace throughout the scene, alerting the audience that something dangerous is about to happen. The pace continues to intensify until the battle commences at which it really kicks off. As the enemy attacks there is a dramatic rise of sound effects, including clattering metallic sounds of weaponry and whirring noises of futuristic engines. We can identify these sounds as futuristic as they come from spaceships and weapons which are too advanced to be from our current technology. 

In my opinion, one of the most intimidating sounds in this extract is the sounds of heavy breathing which comes from the fear inducing antagonists as the heroic protagonists push large and cumbersome crates against the doors. The protagonists are stressed but calm and collected as they hastily prepare to fight. At this moment in the extract all we hear of the enemy is their breathing and running, the fact we do not see them makes the feeling of fear more intense as the audience isn’t sure what kind of monster is about to charge at the protagonists. Near the end of the extract the background song increases in both pace and volume which intensifies the action and adds more excitement to the scene. Also near the end, a character is hit by a bullet, we can identify that they were shot as we hear the loud sound of a gunshot which is sudden and surprising striking alarm into the audience.