l orchestral and helps intensify a scene when needed. The light sabers still make the same sound when they hit each other and when they miss an object, only now the colors are different. The space ships and laser beams still sound a like. This too is an excelent example of great sound technique and quality in a movie. Raging Bull When most people think about special effects and sound effects used in movies they usually think about movies like the ones above, such as Star Wars and Return of the Jedi. I think that Raging Bull has a great amount of sound to it. The sound effects used in Raging Bull are simple but effective. The sound quality of the fight scenes is great. The viewer is able to hear the punches being landed and to hear the leather from the gloves hitting the body and the face. If the viewer listens closely they can hear the blood squirting out of the boxers eye or whatever part of the body is cut. The sound of the audience cheering in the background is important because it helps to set a certain feeling that the viewer should experience during that particular scene. The sound of water being poured over the fighter, the sound of him spitting into a bucket all help put the viewer right there at the actual event. The voice and language used by the main character in play a large role in the movie also. The character is a very tough boxer who does not have a good education, so he does not speak proper english. He also has an accent because he is from New York, which adds to the tough guy image he portrays. Other sound effects are used such as breaking glass when the main character flips over a table full of food and breakes all the dishes. These sound effects may be simple compared to a movie like Star Wars but they work well in this movie. They get the point across and still manage to make the movie every interesting. Free Bird-The Movie This is not a normal movie with actors. This movie consists of live recordings from a few di...
