The Musicality of Traumatic Memories: A Video Essay

Abstract

This video essay attempts an audiovisual analysis of subjectively motivated sounds and music in Lynne Ramsay’s We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) based on Danijela Kulezic-Wilson’s ideas about “film musicality” and “integrated soundtracks”.

Keywords

• sound
• music
• integrated soundtracks
• audiovisual essay
• trauma