Sound Vs. No Sound

There are major differences in watching the shower scene with sound and without sound. With sound the scene has so much more emotion than without it. Sound has the ability to influence the audience's emotions in a movie. In a scary scene, such as the shower scene in Psycho, the sound and music are what create the suspense. Without sound a movie is so much more boring and there is no suspense at all. What makes a movie good is the tension added by music and sound, otherwise a movie is hard to follow and gives the audience no emotion at all. For instance, the class viewed the shower scene in Psycho first without sound, then without sound. There were major differences in this scene when sound is added. The thrilling music gave the shower scene the thrill and suspense for the audience the way the musics volume was increasing higher and higher to make the attack from Norman more shocking to the audience. Plus, when Marion is getting stabbed in the shower, the sound of her getting stabbed also gives it thrill. When the class viewed the scene without sound the thrill and suspense were lost. There was no music to change your emotion, and you couldn't hear the noise of the knife stabbing Marion. Without music this scene would not have been the same and the audience would have been lost, especially since this is the turning point of the movie.