The Last King Of Scotland

Analysis of the last king of Scotland

When the sequence begins at 56:47 we can hear non-diegetic sound; at the very beginning, right before the character opens the door we can hear birds chirping, right after this, we can hear diagetic sound; footsteps of him walking into the house.

As the music begins we can see Nicolas' face, not what he sees the music at this very bit can suggest that all is not well due to the non diabetic sound beginning very low; the violin chord here is quite deep and low connoting danger.

As Nicholas picks up the photograph, the music changes, it is a bit more intense with more chords and notes joining in, the mood suggested in this scene is suspense, as he don't know whether the photograph has been taken or damaged.

When he notices the envelope, the volume of the music indicates that the envelope would likely contain bad news rather than good news, as the music slowly dies down. In movies when there is little to no sound it can be more effective and can create an impact.

As he finally opens the envelope the music changes speed drastically, the pace of the music has increased this suggests that the character is feeling on edge and panicked.

When the image changes to blurred headlines, a new style of music is heard; this can be described as voices being spoken on top of each other or noises being jumbled together this could suggest the thoughts going through his mind. The music dies down as he gets to the door.