When I initially watched the film, the seamless transitions and the very moving soundtrack captivated me. It definitely has a James Bond theme song-like quality to it, powerful and inspiring celebration, meaning, and storytelling in me. I believe it might have been taken from archival music.

I discover a frequency or rhythm by combining sound and visual. In this clip, I’ve come to understand how sound and image work together to make a narrative. I see jewellery, ships, guns, and other things. These pictures brought to mind luxury and wealth, politics and power, and bloodshed.

It’s interesting how the pictures change whenever the sound rhythmically ascends and descends. The opening music is tense and is followed by a repeating tune with an increasing tempo as the sound and images approach a climax where they appear to be outlining a story’s plot. Ten transitions in all, each with a strong background sound, are followed by an explosion of pictures as the sound fades out. My favourite part is the conclusion, when the enormous crystal lamp tumbles to the ground, explodes, or splashes, symbolising the end of the economy and the beginning of violence and conflict. This section finishes abruptly, as though everything had come to an end. The crimson colour and the explosive coda, which both represent violence and war, at this point bring the sights and the sound back to reality, so it doesn’t appear abrupt.

The interaction between the photos and the title track makes for a flawless presentation of the composition. Such a symbolic strategy induces an everlasting state of reverie in the viewer. The sound design is more artistic than the previously examined sound components, and it is a work of art in and of itself because it may conjure up deeper meanings and be heard in a variety of ways. I now have a better idea of what sound designers do thanks to this video. It is a sound designer’s responsibility to develop, be inventive, and be creative in addition to recording. The only way to create a piece that is both audio-visual and has a larger range of expression is in this way.