The Hurt Locker Sound
The Hurt Locker by Kathryn Bigelow is a very well put together and beautifully scored film. From the music score to the precise diegetic sound and audio effects everything in this film gives the viewer an experience as if they were in the battlefield with the characters. One of the first scenes in the film really caught my attention was when they see the man with the phone while their partner was going to defuse the bomb. Their partner begins running away as they are running to the man with the cellphone he detonates the bomb. They use sound to very vividly paint the picture to everything that is going on and show how serious the situation is. The first thing that we hear is the initial explosion of the bomb realizing the size of the blast. This plays a crucial role in the scene for the viewer to realize what has happened. Than to the little but very vivid sounds of the ground breaking and rocks flying into the air. But what I think is really important that they added was the sound