Sound.Diegetic/Non-Diegetic

Obsessed: Final Sequence. (2009)

Sound:

Non-Diegetic sound:

Non-Diegetic sound is what is not visible on the screen or in the scene.
For example; the soundtracks other a scene, voice overs and sound effects that are added for the dramatic effect.

Diegetic sound:

Diegetic sound is what is meant to be in the scene and what you can see.
For example; the voices of characters, sounds that are made by objects in the story and music that is seen in the scene. e.g. music from an instrument or seeing someone put on a song on a jukebox.


Obsessed (Link)

Right at the beginning of the scene you hear non-diegetic sounds from the sound over-track, the sound is used at the beginning of the scene to create that instant high suspense for the audience. The audience will be thinking about what is going to happen in the ending scene. for example will the be a fight or will be wondering what the music is leading up to.

In the first few seconds of the scene whilst the over-track is okaying you see and hear the diegetic sound the braking window. This quick diegetic sound is conventional to the this thriller scene because it sets what is going to happen throughout the final sequence. Doing this quick and out of the blue can make the audience jump which is what the thriller genre wants out of the audience. (to thrill them)

The voices of the men in the scene sets a realistic view of the scene and who the scene could be based on. the voices you hear will be of the man in the office hearing there voices before hearing the people who was first seen in the scene creates a mystery and a hidden identity which is conventional to the thriller genre.

The diegetic sound from the bottle in the scene is the only diegetic sound that is off screen. This happening in the scene starts of the diegetic sounds for example Beyonce walking up the stairs to start of the fighting. the diegetic sound of the bottle again creates a mystery to Beyonce in the scene as she doesn't know who is upstairs or what is upstairs. Creating this tension from the bottle popping is conventional to the thriller genre as it will make the audience look forward and think about what the character is going to do to the intruder in the house and how she is going to go about it.

Non-Diegetic sound track again is brought in to the scene when the fight starts up in the bedroom, the sound overlay is conventional to the thriller genre as the tension from the down beat song is high as it relates to the fight they are having, further on in the fight the sound overlay becomes more upbeat which puts the audience on the edge of there seat and puts the high tension a lot higher as the audience wants to know how the fight ends but not wanting it to be other that fast.

Diegetic sounds throughout the fight scene are the punches, pushes, running away and the sound of them talking. All these sounds are conventional to the thriller scene as it represents what is happening to the people in the scene and can give the audience an idea of what is going on.