Problem
Watch the Movie: The Color Purple, 1985.
Answer the following question:
• Does the sound in the movie as a whole help develop characterization? If so, how does it do so?
In the movie overall, how is music used? In a complementary way? Ironically? Does the use of music in this movie seem appropriate to the story?
• Do image and sound complement one another in this movie, or does one dominate the other?
• Does this film use silence expressively?
• In this movie, do you hear evidence of a comprehensive approach to sound-one, specifically, in which the film's sound is as expressive as its images? If so, explain why you think so.