Who Is Fritz Lang's First Sound In The Movie M

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The Movie "M" by Fritz Lang is the story of a serial killer and the reactions to his presence by the public and the police. It is Fritz's first sound film and I will be talking about some shots from the Chapter 3.
At the beginning of the shot, there is off-scene noises, it sounds like a guy voice. It is after that the image comes up that you can see that it is a little boy running in the street to sell his newspapers. You can hear footsteps, but they are not as loud as it is supposed to be when someone is running at that pace. He gave newspapers to only two people. After the first young boy left the frame, two other boys came and the tone on their voices got louder and more aggressive. You could also hear their footsteps more clearly and with …show more content…

You can still hear people from the street but as an off-scene noise and it shows how close the murderer is from everyone, yet no one knows where he is. Lang uses off-screen sound throughout to explore danger beyond the frame of the film. He is smoking a cigar and is whistling. His whistle has a nice tone. The whistle shows that he is calm. He is also writing a letter to be published to the Press. People are usually anxious when they are writing about something dangerous (talking about the police) but he is not, he is calm and smoking which is showing no regrets or remorse about what is happening. The whistle starts from being loud and nice to slowly less quiet and unpleasant towards the end of his letter. He is getting anxious towards the end of the letter which explain why the whistle is slowly stopping for seconds to get back one. At the very end of end of the letter, the whistle was very fast and even faster than the beginning. The whistle linked with a wicked deed, and we are left impatient to discover the details of the crime it announces, it stands for a moment of …show more content…

It is to show that they all frightened that this might happen to their children. There is however a noise which is coming from the next shot. Lang had to show the two sides: the people in front of board worried about their children and the other people, the ones around the table, smoking cigars and laughing about the matter. You could not hear certain noise like the cigars burning, the some of the men talking while he was reading because Lang wanted to show how serious the problem was. There was a long pause before the first man with the glasses started to talk. They were talking not loud and it gradually starting to get louder and the tone in their voices got more aggressive. The guy that was reading the newspaper put the cup down and it made a really strong noise. That is when the other guy got up and the sound of his voice got louder. Lang wanted us to understand that things were getting heated and that they were about to

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