Sounds

There are different sound effects which add various emotions to an audience when they are heard.

For example:

Non-diegetic sounds

Non-diegetic sounds are sounds which are played over sequences which cannot be heard by a character in a scene. Non-diegetic sounds are background music and voice overs.  In the video above, there are the main non-diegetic sounds; the background music and the voice over. At the beginning of the video, the background song is fairly slow-beat which shows the initiation of the rivalry whilst at the end the song gets faster and more up-beat which shows how the rivalry has become more intense.

Diegetic Sound

Diegetic sounds are sounds which can be heard by the characters within that scene. In this clip from Sea of Sand, there are gunshots. Gunshots are an example of diegetic sounds as the characters can hear themselves firing it. With the sound of the gunshots, an audience member can feel the rush as some of them can get pleasure from hearing the gunshots as they could be intrigued by the violence and the death that it causes. 

Sound Effects

In the Mean girls trailer, there are sound effects. Sound effects are often created by a computer as they do or cannot be made in real life. In the trailer, there is a sound effect of a tiger attacking as the girl is leaping. This was done to connote to an audience that she is as strong as a tiger attacking which shows her anger as she has been compared to a tiger.

Foley sounds

In the final scenes of Fast and Furious 1, foley sounds are used. A foley sound are artificial sounds which are created by humans or by objects. In the scene, the train is going at a high speed and there is a sound of the wind rustling which denotes the speed at which the train is going. This is done to tell the audience how fast the train is going which connotes the danger that both of the drivers are in if one of them crashes.

Direct Address

 In this scene from The Office (US), Dwight is using direct address. Direct address is when the character is directly addressing the viewer. Direct address can be done so that the audience is feeling more affected with the characters as they are directly speaking to them.

     Sound Motif 

Arnold Schwarzenegger is mostly known for his catchphrase of "I'll be back" which is known as a sound motif. A sound motif are catchphrases or sounds which are usually always linked with a catchphrase. In this example. Schwarzenegger's gives the audience a sense of danger as he always goes into various battles but before, he says his catchphrase. This connotes that Schwarzenegger is constantly getting himself into danger but knows that he can overcome the problem, hence why he says "I'll be back".

Sound bridge

The trailer for 'Horror of Dracula (1958)' is mostly created around sound bridges. A sound bridge is when the same sound is being played through the edit of 2 cuts. In this trailer, a sound bridge of sinister music is used which connotes that the movie will be constantly sinister with many scares as the music rarely changes. Therefore, the trailer warns the audience that the film will be packed with things that can easily scare someone.

    Synchronous Sound

In the trailer for Rambo 3, the music is very in sync with the action taking place. This is called synchronous sound. Synchronous sound is used to go with the action that is currently taking place. The music needs to be in sync so that it can add more suspense to the scene since the fairly fast beat can turn someone pumped and want to see some violence happening.

Asynchronous Sound

In this clip , there is an asynchronous sound throughout the whole of the clip. An asynchronous sound is when the sound is out of context with the rest of the clip.  Asynchronous sound in this clip was performed to show flashbacks, as the man is on the floor with a car next to him which insinuates that he got ran over. Therefore, the use of the sounds such as an ambulance with the setting of the woods shows that he could be having flashbacks.

  Sound perspective

In this scene, there is an example of a sound perspective. A sound perspective refers to the volume or quality of the sound depending on what is emitting the noise. In this clip, the sound of the example is coming from a phone. If the noise of the other person speaking was clear, then it would remove the realism of the scene as people would expect the sound coming from a telephone to be fairly rusty. Therefore, the director did this so that it could make it more believable.

Incidental Sound

In the Inception trailer, there is incidental sound throughout the whole of it. Incidental sound is when there is background music which depends on the scene just to add more ambiance. In Inception, the use this music will add more intense to the trailer since it shows that there will be suspense throughout. This can make an audience be intrigued on the film since many people enjoy feeling suspense as a pleasure.

Score

Throughout many movies, the theme for Jaws has become popularised to mostly symbolise danger. A score is music composed for a specific film, and in this case Jaws. The use of this song creates a lot of suspense amongst a viewer since the song is constantly changing tempo - from very slow, to quite quick which shows how far/how close the danger is.

Soundtrack

In this scene from Harper's island, a soundtrack is used at 3:30. Soundtracks are songs that have already been made and are now being used. In this scene, the soundtrack was quite soothing which can connote that the deaths of them were quite slow, and upsetting.

Dialogue

In this scene from This is England, the dialogue can tell an audience about the personality of the characters. Dialogue are the words that are spoken between 2 or more characters. Dialogue can be very important as it can show an audience what a character will be like, such as a serious character or a comedian. Also, the things they say can change the audience's opinion since if they say something humorous, it will increase the audience's affection for them.

Mode of Address

Mode of address is the way that words are spoken and an audience's reaction. In this scene from The Office, Michael is screaming and saying "No". This connotes his anger and his informality as he is denying something which he should not. Therefore, it gives the audience an impression that he is a bad manager since he rejects his workers.