Another film that can be analysed for it's use of effective sound design is Elephant, directed by Gus Van Sant. Throughout the film, there are many long shots taken down empty corridors, often focusing on one character walking away from camera. Within these scenes, sounds such as echoing and high pitched sounds communicate the sense of place, and that of isolation and capturing fear. I think the sound in this film is really strong, as it works well to convey meaning to the viewer, and to some extent, in some scenes the whole film's narrative can be told through sound alone.
By viewing this film, I have gained inspiration and ideas for our own short drama, in terms of looking into creating a character's headspace and communicating this to an audience. Within our own film, we have one wide shot of the full room, both when it is empty as well as when it is messy (passage of time scene) which if incorporated with a mixture of outside sounds could work well to convey our main theme of fear and the control that this has on the character.
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