The film starts off in a disaster with a large flat plain with small objects with a long runway for the planes to take off from. The Aviator takes a look at the life of a billionaire aviator pilot, engineer, film producer and director Howard Hughes. In the scene that was shown, was Howard flying his plane that he made with his team to beat the highest record of speed by plane. The genre that was used in the film was Historic/Biopic. This is mainly about this man’s life at what he did through out this adulthood with Aviators, engineering and being in the film industry. The sound and editing of the film shows a great deal of emotions, expressions, movement and adrenalin. From the background music to the special effects of the film in which the plane is taking off, brings together great expressions of the actors and the excitement of the audience. Overall the whole scene does bring out the understanding of what the genre is about because for that one whole scene tells you the story about a man (Howard Hughes) who has the means to fly. From the way he’s acting, it seems that he doesn’t care about wither he gets injured from the plane because he’s doing what he loves doing and that’s flying. Therefore the film has a great way of expressing the genre.
The sound and editing in the scene blends really well with the shots that are used and it carries a dramatic feel towards a high climax moment. You can hear all sorts of different sounds, from the orchestral music in the background to the special effects from the plane and other objects. There is only one part during the scene where the old 1950’s music plays, with a women’s voice singing those few verses with the strings in the background playing soft with the voice on top (like layers). The next shot has dialog from the actors with the background music still soft but deeper (played by the cello’s and double bass). From the dramatic effect of the music it seems that something is about to happen, like a great dramatic moment or something like that. The music stops when Leonardo’s character, Howard Hughes jumps into the plane and takes the other man’s hat. Soon after this you can hear him jump into the plan and the sounds of the engine going like its right to get going, even though the plan hasn’t been turned on. The loudest sound that they made was Howard turning on the plane for it to get started. The special effects moment, of the engine roaring into life with the big ‘BOOM’ going off, sends out a message of excitement; alone with plane…. sound spinning fast. When he waits for a moment at the marking point to check if there is any wind, the orchestra starts up again with a more excitement and it gradually becomes louder when he starts taking off. In away it repeats the notes, the rhythm of the piece but adds more bass instruments into the score (cellos and double bass). Just then when he takes off the whole orchestra plays because of that dramatic effect of him taking off (the plane …… still going). Again the layers come back in, with the background music (orchestra) louder than last before like it’s the main effect of sound, with the special effects sound of the plane ratter ling and by a distinct sound you can hear a ticking sound like the stopwatch timing the speed record (maybe that’s just me though). The music is more dramatic and more intense and louder with the sound of the plane flying through the sky (the engine noise). There is dialog from the different characters of that scene saying things like the timing of the speed, words that can’t describe the way he’s feeling (nervous) and sounds of shouting of joy. The music sound stays the same through out the whole scene because of the dramatic effect it presents in the flying of the plane. When the plane starts to...
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