Sound: Campfire
Relevance: Page 10- Tituba is waving her arms about the fire and chanting in her native Barbados tongue as Abigail and Betty run naked through the forest. This is the origin of agitation.

I chose to make this the most prominent noise in this scene because of its eerie representation of the mood of the story at that point. Like the embers of the fire ready to burst into flames at any given moment, the bizarre actions taken by these Salem children are bound to strike up controversy without warning.

fire

This is the song I hope to use for the ending title scene of my company contribution. I chose this instrumental because of its two simple facets:
The guitar has a unique sound, it symbolizes the change that was brought to Salem with these trials. The trials were like a scar to Salem, there is nothing they can do to oust what happened from their history.
The other feature is the repetitive piano in the background. For me, this exhibits the remorse of the people and the will to "erase the scar" if you will. They recognize these times as dark times, and what they want more than anything is for security and for everything to be "normal" again, whatever that is.

pinkmatter.titlescene

This is the sound byte I am planning on incorporating as a background noise throughout the entirety of my movie. This quickening heartbeat is representative of the increased stress and pressure on John Proctor as the play continues. As far as the literal symbolism, stress wreaks havoc on the cardiovascular system, increasing blood pressure and quickening the heart's beating rhythm. But the heartbeat more so represents the chaotic state of mind Proctor is in. This crescendo eventually erupts in his tearing of his confession, sealing his fate.

heartbeat

Sound: The ripping of paper
Relevance: Page 133; "Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!"
-John Proctor
After being asked to sign a confession that would surely condemn his friends, Proctor responds with this oration. While the ripping of the paper physically exemplifies Proctor's eminent hanging, the ripping also represents Proctor's (futile) attitude of defiance towards everything corrupt in Salem.

Throughout this play, the reader cannot help but notice and underlying theme of tension. There is a certain level of uneasiness in every scene. The thunder represents an eruption of emotion waiting to happen. No one seems to tell the whole truth. For example, when Parris is questioning Abigail, we never really get a full honest explanation for what they were doing. This pattern is continued, and at stream of small nagging question constantly run through the reader's mind.

rolling.thunder

**CAREFUL- THIS SOUND IS LOUD AND EXTREMELY ANNOYING**
I chose this particular sound as one that could be used throughout the movie. I picture a lot of silence, filled with dirty looks and tension. I want this sound to give the viewer a literal sense of the phrase "deafening silence." It's not that there is an absence of sound, but that the "silence" is drowning everything else out. The emotion and what is unsaid fills the air, and what is left is annulled.
The annoying and unsettling qualities of the sound could also be used to express Proctor's elevated stress levels and the pressure he feels. Just like the sound makes the viewer uneasy and on edge, Proctor's situation makes him anxious and paranoid all the time.

high.pitched.ringing

I think that this sound could be used interchangeably with the tearing of the paper. However, I think this sound is more specific to the "collective epiphany" experienced by the people of Salem. It was almost as if the truth was "shocked" into them. This is apparent when Miller writes in the epilogue, "Twenty years after the last execution, the government awarded compensation to the victims still living, and to the families of the dead. However, it is evident that some people still were unwilling to admit their total guilt, and also that the factionalism was still alive... To all intents and purposes, the power of theocracy in Massachusetts was broken" (Miller 135).
The people identified the shadiness, and did what they could to eradicate it, while the government itself tried to cover it up.

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