The sound in the opening of Panic Room portrays the idea of being alone in a busy city like a lot of the other techniques. We are only able to hear sound in some scenes, like the sounds of moving vehicles and car horns/sirens. In other scenes, there is just silence apart from the music that is being played.
The sounds of moving vehicles and car horns/sirens further emphasises the fact that the film is set in a busy city where a lot is going on. This makes it easy for someone to get lost in the city and forgotten about which is what the film is about. The scenes that do have these city sounds in them are always shots that show a lot of tall buildings, moving cars and moving people who all have things to do and places to go, which futher emphasises the sound conveying the idea of being forgotten. These sounds make the viewer feel like they are going to see a fast-paced film with lots of people and action, when really the film is only about a few main characters who have hardly any contact with the outside world.
The scenes that are silent and have no sound at all always have a mysterious and eerie atmosphere to them. They show the loneliness and emptiness that the victims in the film feel when they aren't able to make contact with anyone or get help. These scenes with no sound contrast with the scenes that do have sound because they make the viewer feel like there isn't going to be any action, whereas these silent scenes do the opposite and give the viewer the intended feeling of the film which is loneliness and feeling forgotten.
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