Frolic 'n Mae: Most Important Moment Analysis

Frolic 'N Mae 


    In this moment, the filmmakers relied on sound techniques to communicate the conflict between Frolic and Mae. The filmmakers used non-diegetic sound to prove this. 

    In this point of the story, Mae has been introduced as a girl that likes to draw and has her drawings come to life as 2D cardboard pieces. Mae was at a friend's birthday party only to be left out of the group, resulting in her drawing Frolic (her anger) on a piece of cardboard. Frolic gets out of control and multiplies itself with Mae chasing the Frolics in a garage. The Frolics fight Mae in the garage which has her fight against Frolic. This fight taking place within the garage has a soundtrack that emphasizes battle and conflict, but changes as Frolic captures Mae and takes over her body. The soundtrack gets progressively faster with the strings playing a slow glissando that stops as Mae is completely covered by Frolic.

    The filmmakers used this sound technique to emphasize the catastrophe taking place in the garage. When Mae was beginning to be able to fight back, the fighting soundtrack starts off with a timpani beat that switches between 2 notes while the strings instruments play a fast and aggressive tremelo effect. This continues while Mae is taping Frolic to keep him from attacking her. When Mae is captured by Frolic, the strings make a low pitch bend then return with a slow gradual glissando that goes to complete silence as Mae is taken over by Frolic. This glissando can be heard in many movies and represents fear and suspense which was used to show Mae's fear of Frolic. 

   In the beginning of the film, Mae drew Frolic because she was angry at her friends for excluding her, which can show that Frolic is the representation of Mae's anger. The fight in the garage is the struggle of Mae fighting against her drawings and her anger. Mae getting taken over by Frolic adds to how anger can overtake ourselves with the music emphasizing the horror of what anger does. 





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