How does a key sequence from your chosen film communicate its messages and values through sound and image?

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How does a key sequence from your chosen film communicate its messages and values through sound and image?

 I will be looking at the film ‘The Third Man’ directed by Carol Reed and the key sequence that I will be looking at is the penultimate scene which is where Harry is chassed in the sewers.

 This is a significant scene as the use of sound and image help to express the key moments in this scene and allows the audience to be put into Harry’s shoes. At the beginning of this scene we only have the sound of footsteps and shouting coming from the police in all the different areas of Vienna. This is significant because of the echo used we as the audience are unsure where about the police are as the voices are magnified and seem to be coming from all angels. This helps the audience understand what Harry is hearing. The use of all the different languages shows that all the police have come to find Harry, this makes it seem scarier as we are aware that there are a lot of police chasing Harry and because we don’t know what they are saying, we can’t tell what is going to happen.

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 The scene continues with Harry running away from the footsteps but we can tell that he is unsure where they are coming from because we nearly walk straight to them. The lighting is good in this scene as there is very little so Harry can hide in the shadows, this emphasises on the suspense of this scene as we wonder how long it takes for him to be found. The use of shadow has been used throughout the film, this added a scene of mystery to Harry’s character as he only discovered when the darkness is taken away and he ...

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