Analysis of Sherlock Holmes opening scene

Clip of the opening scene of Sherlock Holmes.

In this short opening to Sherlock Holmes I picked out all the different sounds being used such as:

- A piano

- Horses and carriages

- Fire flames

- Crow

- Guns clicking

- Glass shattering

- Doors creaking

- Violins

- Gunshots

The scene starts of with a piano playing  which slowly becomes louder and louder. As the clip moves on the different sounds blend and start clashing together which makes it extra dramatic.

The scene gets more intense from the middle to the end as the music speeds up making it sound more interesting and thrilling.

There are diegetic sounds used where you the objects are visible and heard. For example the sound of the horses and the carriage are included in the clip. The flames from the fire are heard and seen also the door opening and a crow flying past making noise. 

However there are non-diegetic sounds such as the piano through out the whole scene and the violin followed by the glass shattering everywhere. These sounds are only heard but not seen in the clip.

Glossary

Diegetic - Sounds that are visible in a video and heard.

Non-Diegetic - Sounds that are NOT visible but are heard in a video.

Ambient - Surroundings of something immediate.

SFX - Sang word for sound effects.

Mood - Happy, sad etc. depending on the music or genre of the movie/scene.

Tone - Soft, gentle, harsh, severe etc.

Genre - Romance, Horror, Thriller, Action etc.

Theme music - Music that represents the movie for example James bond movie theme.

Voiceover - Additional voice is added to a soundtrack (Non-diegetic).

Musical Score - The musical script (dialogue goes through the whole film).

Synchronous sound - Something that occurs at the same time (same rate)

Contrapuntal -  Two ore more independent melodies sounded together. 

Silence - No sound (silent movie)

Selective sound - Used to highlight key things 

Sound bridges -  Music that links one scene to another.