Vipula's+Amelie+Analysis

1) Part where she reads the letter. I liked how the background noises change with every sentence to show the different letters each line comes from. Right before this scene Amelie was reading each letter individually, and I think I heard different background noises letter after letter. When the different pieces of the letter come together, the background sounds may correspond to the letters the same way it was corresponding when Amelie was reading the original. The purpose of this is to point out to the audience that the letter is really just bits and pieces from different letters put together. 2) Lack of sound also played a part in the movie. Usually those were the parts that had a lot of humor in them. Removing the sound entirely brings the audience's attention to the dialogue only. When there is silence, the audience not only pays close attention, but knows that something significant is about to be said or seen. The parts that are silent are usually humorous because there is no "atmosphere" (through background music) needed to create any mood. The dialogue does everything.