Research: Sound

What is sound and why is it an important micro-element?
sound is anything which you hear being emitted from a seen or unseen source. sound is used to inform, warn, create a mood or to make a someone or a group of people feel a certain way or to simulate reality.




Sound definition with thriller examples:

• Diegetic sounds are can be on or off screen and its expected by the audience such the voice of the characters speaking, the sound of an object like a gun shot or instrument visible in the film. 

• Non-diegetic sound is an off screen sound which is emitted from an unseen source. Narrator's commentary is non diegetic sound which is added in he movies and it is not expected by audience and nor seen. Sound effects is also another example of a non-diegetic sound added to create dramatic effect and create a certain mood during the film. 

• Parallel sounds is what the audience would expect to hear when watching a scene set in a particular location such as wall street which is a busy environment and would expect constant talking from the workers, phones ringing and clicking from the keyboards.

• contrapuntal sound are sounds which does not match with

Thriller scene analysis:


The video below is edited from a scene Zombieland showing  how a movie will be with or without a non-diegetic sound, but more precisely what effect both diegetic & non-diegetic would have on the audience. the first part of he scene which included a diegetic sound of the gun being cocked indicated that something brutal or unexpeted is about to happen, the non-diegetic sound effect built climax and created a dramatic tension, leaving the audience uncertain of what to expect when the door opens whereas the second part of the scene had no feeling or mood into it once the non-diegetic sound was taken off.

Conclusion: