Typography and Sound: Ghost Ship

GHOST SHIP

Typography:
The words that appear within this sequence are the opening credits. They show the production company and the actors/actresses who star in the film. The font the editing company uses is very different to the genre of the film. With a title like "Ghost Ship" you would expect the typography to very creepy and sinister however that isn't the case. The typography used in this opening sequence is pink and very feminine.

This could be to confuse the audience that perhaps the film isn't a horror as according to the title. Usually the text that is linked to supernatural horror films, is of a dark colour with a lot of detail. The typography used for this sequence is almost the opposite. It isn't dark, it's a pale bubbly pink colour and it isn't particularly detailed, it is simple with almost a hand written look to it.

Sound: 

At first the music appears to be non-diegetic however, we later find out that it is in fact diegetic as the woman on the boat is singing along to the tune being played. The music is very contrapuntal to the scene on screen. The screen is dark and shot at night, or so it seems, where as the music is lively and up beat. Once the diegetic singing fades into a simple background music, you begin to hear people laughing and talking, as the crew welcome the guests, this is due to the fact there is now a large crowd on the screen. 

As the scene continues, the woman who is singing, talks to her audience, demanding they dance. This causes the diegetic sound of russelling suits and dresses as the guests take to the dance floor. This is again followed by the diegetic singing of the woman. When there is a whole ship view, if you listen carefully, you can hear the breaking of waves as the ship passes through the water. This again is a diegetic sound as it is made on screen.

Shortly after, a crew member lifts a lever and starts a turbine. This is a diegetic sound that is almost like cranking something up. This causes the non-diegetic sound that is made when the camera moves quickly, following the rope that is attached to the turbine. This sound adds tension to the film putting the audience on the edge of their seat, awaiting, supposedly, something bad. 

An low contrapuntal non-diegetic sound follows which also adds tension to the scene as it slowly gets louder and higher as the audience watches on. As the line snaps, creating a high pitching "ting" noise, pulling everything with it, it creates more suspense. When the line begins to get tighter, you can hear the diegetic sound of it slicing through people. This adds a gruesome effect to the scene and makes the audience cringe.

When the wire finally comes to halt, there is a diegetic sound of the wire vibrating. Although this may be a very quiet sound in real life, the volume is increased to add emphasis to the audience of the monstrosity that just occurred.  The next sound is the diegetic creaking of the turbine that the wire is attached to. This shows the audience the possibility that the line could break again, causing more trauma.

The last sounds the audience here are both non diegetic and diegetic. The diegetic sounds being the victims whimpering and struggling to breathe. This adds a sense of slasher horror to the film and makes the audience want to look away. The non diegetic sounds that are featured towards the end of this clip are very low and loud in comparison to the diegetic whimpering sounds. This is to add "salt to the wound" and make the truma seem even worse, if possible.