Deconstruction of Sound in The Haunting in Connecticut

• The film opens with text stating the production companies with non-diegetic music of classical music being played on a piano. The music is relaxed and gentle.
  
• Old sepia still photos are shown in the frame and they are zooming out slowly as the non-diegetic continues
• There is then moving image of scissors, and water running and there is diegetic sound effects of the water with the non-diegetic music continuing
• More old photos are then shown with the music continuing as more of the photos are revealed
• The piano seems to echo more as the photos change, adding a haunting effect to the music
• There are more shots of water with diegetic sound effects and the piano begins to go slightly off pitch, adding to the uncomfortable atmosphere created by the echo
• As the photos are fully revealed, they show dead bodies and there are quick cuts with low shouts and sudden drum crashes to add fear
• Screams are heard as more photos of dead people are shown
• more shots of a liquid (now much darker, possibly blood) are shown with non-diegetic sorrowful moans heard along with the sound of the liquid trickling
• The shots get shorted in duration and there are fast cuts between still images and extreme close ups of the liquid with strings being introduced into the non-diegetic music and quiet non-diegetic sounds of a woman screaming and crying are heard echoing building tension as the music picks up pace
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• The titles are then shown and the music builds then fades out suddenly

Evaluation

• I like how the music built as the shots got faster
• The use of calm music with innocent photos is effective as it is gradually revealed they are of dead people as the music turns more sinister
• Non-diegetic sound effects are added to the sound gradually to build tension