Sound in Film:"The Elephant Man" directed by David Lynch

It seems as if a film directors ability to create a world in film is
the primary feature of the greatist films of our time.Which you can
watch over and over again and everytime find something new.
Here's a film that achieves that goal to greatist degree i know of.
1."The Elephant Man"-directed by David Lynch
There is a fasinating element in "The Elephant Man" that takes you
directly into the time and place where the story takes place.Visually
Lynch achieves reproducing the early industrial age in London by
shooting in Black and White,and London fog plays a major role
{and/or smoke and soot}in creating the feel of that time.
But after watching the film quite a number of times i started to
notice a completly differant element that was in effect transporting
the viewer/listener directly back to the heyday of the first Industrial
age in London-"The Sounds".
Thou there is music in the film-the majority of the time we hear
the sounds of the early industrial age-the Machinery.We hear the steam of
early loud steam engines,gears clanking,and all sorts of sounds that evoke
the giant machines of the early industrial age.Once you notice all these sounds
you realize just how big a role they play in making the film participant feel
as if they are right there there in London at in that time period.It's
brilliant the way Lynch use's sound to draw us deep into the picture
until we feel as if we are as equals with the charactors in the story.We
are right there with them as if transported by a time machine.This is one
of the most masterful use's of sound in a film of all time.That the first time
you see the picture your not aware of how large a role sound is playing in
influencing your perceptions-shows the genuis of Lynch as a Film maker.

Written by Pete Holly-2010-copyright-all rights reserved