Blow Out

Blow Out is a film that struck me immediately from its use of editing in the camerawork but also the sound. This is quite apt as the film itself follows a sound technician, played by John Travolta, who records a murder on tape while trying to to record sounds for his B-movie horror. It is a film that as well as entertaining you, also teaches you about the way sound is used and created for film. 
The sound design is much more distinct which is a plus as sound can go by unnoticed in some films due to the fact Travolta is a sound technician and is also constantly recording and editing the sounds in the film. In the scene where he is recording the wind on the bridge, the editor just shows us what Travolta can hear through his headphones which I liked as in a small way, it made me, as an audience, feel much more in his perspective which makes us feel closer to him. Also, as we can only hear what he hears, when the tire gets shot, we feel physically shaken as he does because of the unexpected noise, as if we can hear it through the headphones too. This technique is explored later in the narrative, where Travolta can hear his love interest being assaulted through his headphones from the wire he put on her. The fact we are hearing what he hears makes it feel more real and uncomfortable as we are able to empathise further with him. 
The fact that the main character goes through an horrific ordeal but then comes out with the perfect scream for the horror movie he is making in some small way alludes to the fact that we can't recreate sound through foley, we need 'real' sound to make a film believable and authentic.  Or perhaps in a more macabre sense, that you should almost try anything to create the perfect sound.