Case study 2 - Kingsman

The scene that I chose to analyse for the film Kingsman is the church fight scene. Right at the beginning of the scene, or 9 seconds into the youtube video of it, suspenseful music as the antagonist Valentine turns a wheel to activate the sim cards in the peoples phones in the church. This type of non diegetic sound was used was used in the scene to tell the audience that something important is about to happen that would change the whole mood of the scene. This sound is then followed by a beeping sound at 10seconds into the clip coming from everyones mobile phones. This sound would suggest that what is about to happen is going to be big and the sound is one of the loudest in the scene to attract the audiences attention to it. At 33 seconds into the scene, the sound of the beeping is cancelled out by a gunshot sound and then chaos begins to happen around the whole church and everyone is fighting each other to the death. The sound of the gunshot signals to the audience that the main thing is starting and that its going to get very violent. From 40 seconds up until 3.45 into the scene, fast paced non diegetic rock music is playing in the background as Harry is killing everyone in the church. I think that this type of music was included during this part of the scene because it highlights the mayhem and violence within the church and how Harry is able to kill almost everyone  by himself. The type of music could also symbolise to the audience the adrenaline and anger that Harry is feeling during this scene. At 3.46 into the scene the fights all stop with one chord of an electric guitar to show the cut and end to the violence. At 3.55 into the scene the fighting has finished and only Harry is left alive and the use of piano music is heard playing which usually symbolises peace but in this case it wasn't a very peaceful thing to witness. Overall, the use of different sound and music in this scene was done to highlight the violence and intensity of it. There was barely any dialogue used in the scene and I think that this was effective because it means the audience should be able to focus and be more attracted to the fighting.