In this clip screened in the lecture from the Coen brothers’ ‘Blood Simple‘ describe what is happening in terms of the edits specifically in terms of the audio and video. Also name the different kinds of audio you can hear.

Within this scene, the director uses the combination of audio and video to create a intense environment which ultimately climaxes to the point in which Visser shoots Marty. For instance, there is a lingering close up of Marty as he wearily observes the images of his dead wife and her lover, which is cut to a close up of the image, and returns to his face reacting to the gory image. The timing of this edit establishes an anxious atmosphere. Simulatenously, the diegetic sounds of the crickets establish the silence within the scene, exarcerbating the tension within this moment. The cricket sounds remain throughout the whole scene as a constant maintainer of the suspense. The tension is developed in the way Visser’s dialogue , ” we have to learn to be discrete, trust each other” is played over a close up of Marty hiding the images in the safe. That established silence therefore enables the gun shot sound to be a complete shock for the audience. That piece of audio is the loudest within this scene so as to create a shock factor that jerks the audience out of any state  of complacency.