Cache (also known as Hidden) is a French movie that is a psychological thriller. The movie is about a family that receives disturbing pictures in the mail and they would often feel like they are being watched by someone. One aspect of the movie that I would like to point out is the lack of a score, which is much different than the other movies studied during the semester.
The lack of a score from this movie definitely fits the tone of the movie and creates some sort of uncertainty throughout. The viewers can feel somewhat uncomfortable and definitely are more immersed and relate to the characters in the movie. Most of the sound in the movie come from the diegetic sound used during the scenes.
Silence is used a lot throughout the movie, especially during the segments that are surveillance videos of Georges and Anne’s house. The audience is supposed to feel disoriented, confused, and uncomfortable similar to how the characters felt when watching them.
If there was a score to the movie, I think that it would sort of ruin the whole suspense segment of the movie because the music would add some sense of familiarity. While music can portray tones of uncertainty and confusion, silence grabs people’s attention and can have more of a meaning than the score. Since the movie is completely silent throughout, it can definitely grab more attention.
Silence is an important factor when it comes to sound in a movie because it gives a sense of uncertainty and is attention grabbing. Cache also feels like a more realistic movie without having any background music and is supposed to feel somewhat like a surveillance video and that someone is watching what’s going on with Georges and Anne. The lack of music used in this film helps with the portrayal of the tone of the movie.
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