This blog post is all about exploring the soundtracks of the film genre Epic Space Franchise. My chosen example of this is the latest Star Wars trailer. The reason I have chosen this trailer to analyse is because of its massive popularity and for it begin a blockbuster and Space franchise which is the opposite to a drama based film which I would like to make for my coursework. The reason for having such a different genre to compare with Drama is because I feel that it is important to look at a wide range of genres and how they are different to others.
STAR WARS SOUNDTRACK ANALYSIS:
0.7 - The film trailer begins very quietly, with a high pitch sound that slowly gets louder and louder. It is very tense non-diegetic sound that adds to the image that slowly appears and the voiceover that is added on top.
0.22 - A quick loud sound, is then made at the end of the high pitched noised in time with a man appearing into view, which helps make the audience jump and again adds to the tense tone.
0.23 - The high pitched noise is then continued with extra sounds from an orchestra which becomes very quick paced adding to the genre as the epic space genre is typically fast paced due to rockets and robots which is then linked due to them featuring in the trailer.
0.26 - There is a lot of diegetic sounds that link to the image, with the movement of the space crafts and space doors as well as the rockets in 0.46.
0.49 - After the rockets there is a moments silence before the orchestra music becomes more dark which fits with the darker tone of the image of the man walking through the forest. This is also when the voiceover returns and there is the non-diegetic sound of the lightsaber in.
1.02 - This is when the traditional and iconic Star Wars theme tune/traditional soundtrack comes on to end the trailer with. It's really important to have this in the trailer as it builds momentum and excitement towards wanting to see the film as the last film was released in 2005. The theme tune excitement is then also heightened by the add of the title/logo of the films.
1.20 - The final sound is almost like a drumroll to heighten the suspense of the release date 'December 2015' as Star Wars has such a massive fan base already created that the release date would almost be like an event to many.
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