Reflections on Sound Desgin

Space

Movement: If you listen to the scene without watching it, you will be able to tell where the sounds are coming from. They are either getting closer or farther away as the camera moves. It gives you the feeling like you are the camera. When the door is closed, you hear muffled sounds, but as soon as it opens you can hear the sounds clearly. 

Subjective/Emotional: The music is being played in the background of most of the scene. At the beginning it is soft, but as the scene moves along it gets faster and more suspenseful till the end, where it is at its loudest. It also goes from being very suspenseful to a very happy kind of music at the very end. 

Listening Modes 

Casual: The literal sounds you hear in the scene are the monkey, footsteps, doors, and voices. They show you the reality of the scene. 

The Semantic sounds you hear represent the fear of Sara and confusion of Captain Crewe. The thunder represents fear -- every time it gets loud she gets a little more scared. The Captain's confusion is represented by the music -- it gets louder every time the Captain is confused. The more confused he is the more suspense you get when watching the scene because the audience knows he is Sara's father, but they don't know how he will remember it.