Editing and Sound Paragraph

The editing and sound in the scene from the film Sleepy Hollow, contribute toward the horror genre of the film. The editing starts out slow and speed up a little towards the end of the scene, when the storyline becomes a little more intense. Though the genre is horror, the editing doesn’t help it too much, as it is generally slow paced throughout the entire scene. This makes the film look less scary than it could be and also stops the audience from getting the full impact of the genre. The sound in the scene makes up for the editing a bit, being suspenseful and dramatic and speeding up as the action got more intense and when the tree opened, showing the heads, as this was a scary part of the scene. The dialogue was very genre specific, talking about the different aspects of what was happening. The sound effects in the scene made it a lot more realistic, such as when the horse was galloping, there were sounds that related to this action, also when he was hitting the tree with the axe, there was a chopping/thumping sound every time he hit it. The editing made the scene look a little less like it was in the horror genre, but the dialogue, music and sound effects made up for it.