NON DIEGETIC SOUND IDEAS

IDEAS FOR NON DIEGETIC SOUND

Sound that does not come from the world of the movie Throughout the trailer, there will be the sound of a drum. This will start from the beginning of the trailer at a slow and steady pace, at a soft beat gradually working its way to a more harsh and harder sound. The purpose of the drum is to create tension, something that s present within many trailers. For example the clock ticking within

 

The Possession trailer when building up to find out what is wrong with the younger daughter. Its effective and keeps the audience on edge. By starting this drum at the beginning of the trailer the audience will feel on edge from the outset then as soon as they feel comfortable with the noise the sound will become harsher and for example a quick close up of Genner's dark face will appear to leave the audience gasping. Throughout the Montague the drum will continue to play but pick up the pace as the shots will get quicker, and the sounds will get louder as the audience will feel much more tense. This will work to keep the audience intrigued, on edge and interested. Another idea for non diegetic sound we have for our trailer, is to include a voice over of a 'bystander' who has found Genner's dead body and is on the phone to the police. This will include a frightened, worried and astonished voice saying ' police, police please .. there's... there's ..... a ..... dead body. .......................yes. ...........I..... I don't know... who she is.......... yes, young........ I'm sorry........... i don't know.............ok......yes............help.....her.' This will play for over a 30-35 second period, which will end with a loud scream which will correlate with what is displayed on screen. This is an idea that we got from The Devil Inside trailer, as a similar voice over appeared at the opening, and we found it affective, as the audience were gripped and interested into what was happening.

Also because the voice over would not be by a character on screen, forcing the audience to pay attention to what was happening on screen in order to understand the nature of the call. A scream will be placed at the end of the film, which i will correlate with the image on screen (Jamal's possessed face), this will be used for the stab. Inevitably frightening the audience one last time, encouraging them to go and watch our fright filled film. Echo's will also feature within our narrative, the effect of this technique is to create a unfit mental state which Genner is in, and the audience will then share as they will hear her thoughts. This echo will appear once Genner is being cornered by members of the elite group, and they are bullying her. By these words 'Get a life' 'He will never love you' being echoed, the audience will be able to put themselves in the shoes of Genner and understand just how confused she is feeling. Creating an effective sound technique.


The diegetic sounds that will feature will be screams that are happening on screen in order to capture the complexity of the situations that are occurring. Footsteps will also occur, this will appeal to the audience's senses whilst being aesthetically pleasing. Although we have more non diegetic sounds within our trailer than diegetic, we still feel that this will be extremely effective as the non diegetic sounds help pull together the trailer as a whole, whilst emphasizes our footage.



The sounds within The Women In Black are extremely inspirational. The non diegetic nursery rhyme that features throughout highlights and emphasis the best features within the trailer whilst collaborating with what is on the screen, this is the sophistication that we wish to establish.