Sound and Music

When learning about this I learnt about key terms in which to describe and analyse the impact on meaning in a film of Sound and Music.

There are three main things that sound should do in a film these are:
- To reinforce the mood/atmosphere of the scene.
- Enhance the audiences emotional experience.
- Suggest a characters thoughts and feelings.
- Build a sense of continuity. (Moving in and out of scenes with a sound bridge, making sounds take you from one scene to the other)

The following are some key words that we learnt in order to successfully be able to describe sound and music.
Any sound that comes from within the scene are called Diegetic where as any sound that doesn't come from what you are watching is called Non-Diegetic. Parallel sound is where the sound and image track fit the same mood where as Contrapuntal sounds they don't match, they contradict each other.


I have looked at your comments and here is my extension to this piece of work:

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This is a scene from Jaws. With in it there is both diegetic and non-diegetic sound. In this the sound of the motor boat, the screaming and the water is diegetic sound. These are the sounds the people with in the scene would hear also. This not only shows this but the sound is also parallel. The music played is to build tension and raise your heartbeat. This matches what the producers wanted you to feel making it preferred reading.

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This video has contrapuntal sound with in it. It shows that sound can change the mood completely. In this scene you should feel tension and worry. However, because of the sound with in it, it's made comical.This would make an audience laugh rather than what the image track should make you do.