Sound Blog Task

Once Upon A Time In The West (1968):

What sounds do you hear? How do they help to build up tension?

There are sounds of the fly, the windmill the train in the background  and dripping water from the roof. What builds up the tension is that each of them is show individually and in a sequence. When the sequence is repeated, the sound of the particular action is louder and faster than before. This all keeps going until the camera shot of the train is put in which is entered along with the loud noise of the train tracks chugging.

Can you identify the sound bridge? What is the effect on the audience?

The sound bridge is the train and when it finally is shown, it is accompanied with a loud train chugging noise which is supposed to make the audience feel a bit shocked as it is a sudden change. It is a sudden change because the past scenes were all individual quieter sounds of flies or dripping water when suddenly a train appears and the sound of the train is really loud.