3. Sound which comes from the world of the
film (the diegesis).
Any event which occurs on or off screen
which has a noise audible to the characters.
Includes:
Dialogue
Ambient Sounds
▪ Sound Effects
4. Diegetic sound is a highly effective at
creating a sense of place and the nature of
events (environment).
5. Scripted speech:
Moves the story forward
▪ Emphasises events in the scene
Develops the audience’s sense of character
▪ Creates relationships & tensions
7. Sound which is not from any source within
the diegesis (world of the film) but is added
as an extra layer of sound in post production.
Includes:
▪ Music
▪ Voiceovers
10. Create or enhance audiences’ understanding of
and/or empathy with a key character.
11. Echoes the nature of the place in which the
film is set:
Scale
Culture
Mystery
Wonder
12. Gives a sense of pace to the sequence, allows
the audience to move follow the flow
(climaxes / lulls) of the sequence and the
overall film.
13. Lyrics can be used in some cases to reflect
the theme(s) of the film.
14. Position the audience with a particular
character
Understand their mental state
Give us narrative information
Trick us – The untrustworthy narrator
15. Popular or classical music
Instrumentation
Rhythm
Tempo
Volume
Arrangement (Crescendos, Diminuendos)
16. Parallel (matches emotions / events on
screen).
Contrapuntal (contrasts / juxtaposes events /
emotions on screen).
17. Used to link two sequences together and is
employed in conjunction with editing to
move the action in time or place or both.
Can be diegetic or non diegetic sound.
19. The quality of the sound changes depending
on the audiences’ positioning in events.
Diegetic & Non-Diegetic can be made to fade into
the background or fore grounded depending on
the need / impact.
Hinweis der Redaktion
Star Wars – Intro Orchestration – What sort of movie is this going to be?
The Incredibles - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5v2qBBD-gE Alien Ch 13 – The Dallas in the Duct / Air Vent – Listen to the diegetic sound and how they contribute to the atmosphere in the sequence
No Country for Old Men – Call it Frendo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLCL6OYbSTw
The Ipcress File: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBCqP7R42K0
Chariots of Fire: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd7s6C6apUM or Vertigo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC5AzFc3coo
The Piano – The Sacrifice - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Su8LXNS16A
Last of the Mohicans - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah9XCamPyKA- Listen to music which captures both the mystery, wonder & scale of frontier American, and also uses instrumentation that reflect the cultural sense of the place – Scottish Folk Music Blade Runner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deA6FU1TwtY – Listen to how the feel of the music reflect the glittering beauty of the city
Star Wars – In the Death Star – Ch 37 – Orchestration shifts us between different stories within the narrative happening simultaneously
Apocalypse Now – Scene One – The Doors This is the End
Forrest Gump Memento
Contrapuntal Sound – Increasing the Horror Revervoir Dogs – Stuck in the Middle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeVhxSSPsac Millers Crossing (Ch10) – Danny Boy Contrapuntal Sound – Lulling the audience Full Metal Jacket - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEWnJ5SC0rk
Jaws – The Ultimate lietmotif - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW23RsUTb2Y The Man with no Name – The Final Show Down in The Good the Bad & The Ugly – Morricone interweaves three distinct leitmotifs
Spiderman – Uncle Ben dies – Listen for the shifting in and out of diegetic sound to give us narrative information ‘They’ve found the shooter’ or to heighten jeopardy – trucks / whizzing noise during chase. Rodrigo e Gabriela - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpI2JSn2o0A – Great shift in sound perspective half way through from record player to speakers