Analysis of Sound - Jack Reacher

• The fast-paced music slowly builds attention and connotes the genre of the movie will be action.

• When the visuals track to the city skyscrapers, the trumpet suddenly got very louder which suggests something unusual will happen in the city - crime scenes.

• The heart racing non-diegetic sound along with the on-screen diegetic sound allows audience to question, what is happening? What are they doing? The close up shot also further create the mystery.

• The loud orchestra background music generate a rushed feeling and makes audience wonder - almost like a pressure and that help sets the mode. 

• The music quiets down and change to an even faster paced music and that builds a bit of confusion. Who is in the van and what are they doing here. This makes the audience focus and engage with the film.  

• As soon as the character got out of the car, the music changed to a softer, light tune while slowly being more and more quiet. This contribute to the theme of mystery which was also helped by visuals as we have only seen the character's feet and don't know who that is.

• When they started showing his face, the music also gradually got louder and louder which signifies something is about to happen since he also looked at his watch and was carrying a gun in his hands - codes and convention of an action, crime film.  

• The non-diegetic sound stopped as soon as he held his gun up and was about to aim. It gives the feeling it is happening like your heart beat has stopped which makes audience's curiosity stronger and it fascinates them what is about to happen. 

• The stop of non-diegetic sound also helps audience focus on the 'breathing' of the character which show signs of him being nervous. This can help decide which kind of character he is in the audience's view. The heart beat sounds near the end also connotes the nervousness.  

• The loud gun sound can be quite shocking to audience as there isn't any music to distract them and they were made very focus/engaging beforehand.