Sound Discussion- Miss Miller

The effects of sound are often largely subtle and often are noted by only our subconscious minds. Yet, it makes us want to wonder why sound is being used. In my group narrative we have decided to include many different sound elements. This ranges from:

• diegetic sound
• non-diegetic sound
• off screen sound
• on screen sound
• parallell sound
• contraversal sound

All of these we have included into our group narrative. We have mainly focused on using off screen sound by editing soundtracks and voice techniques after filming, as we believe our thriller will be more effective if the sound will be more noticeable. We are also including alot of on screen sound aswell as we believe it will make everything alot more realistic. For example we are using diegetic sound when the young girl is listening to music in the kitchen, this will show the audience where the sound is coming from making it seem more realtistic giving them something to relate too. Non-digetic sound will be used when you can hear deep breathing from the killer at this point a camera agnle called point of view will be used to you can only see the feet of the killer. This makes the non-diegetic sound alot more tension building as you cant see where the sound is coming from, making the suspense rise and the hidden identity of the killer remain a secret.

We will be using sound techniques such as parallel when the girl is in the kitchen listening to music, as we want to make her be portrayed as vulnerable and innocent, that she is is actually oblivious to the consquences and the situations that are about to happen. All of our sound techniques make the audience feel inferiror as they wont know exactly whats going on and will get mixed signals about what is actually going to happen. They will be able to build a relationship with the characters as they will feel many emotions towards them, such as sympathy and empathy towards the girlfriend and her boyfriend as they are about to die. They will end up being scared and very tense as the killer becomes more noticeable in the scenes as the sound being used will make them more engaged and be able to intensify the scene in alot more depth.

They are conventional to thriller film as they will create suspense tension and shock for the audience and make them feel that they are in the movie themselves.



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1) Include in depth paragraphs for each sound technique/sound used, explaining why they are used at certain times, what you hope they will portray etc., how they are conventional to the thriller genre and how it helps the auidnence build a relationship with characters better
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3) Expand upon your summary explaining how and why you think the use of these particular sound techniques will help your sequence become better/more engaging