The Graduate

Zach Gardner



Right from the beginning, The Graduate shows character and the general "feel" of a classic movie. The kind of feeling you get when you know you're going to enjoy the next two hours. For me, i really admired the way the graduate uses various editing styles to portray the meaning and effectiveness of the story. I think that The Graduate uses sound editing to effectively portray the storyline of the main character.

The Graduate directly uses modern music (from that era) to portray the lifestyle of the main character. The first thing i noticed relating to sound editing was the opening song of "The Sound of Silence" by Simon and Garfunkel. Right away you can tell that the main character has a slow, lonely life. Later in the movie, when his life is a little better, a happier, modern song plays. But then Sound off Silence is repeated multiple more times throughout the film. One thing that really caught my attention was how on song was played, then it finished, then it instantly replayed again. I thought this was very intriguing because it really shows how repetitive Ben's life is. Overall, I think that modern music really helped tell the story of The  Graduate.