Sound Activities 2-6

2. An example of diegetic sound in Shaun Of The Dead is the dialogue between characters. An example of non-diegetic sound is the score that is used to create rising tension.

3. A needle drop in film is when a character puts on music in the narrative of the film, and the same song is then used in that scene.

4. A Foley artist would create sounds including footsteps, punches and rain. These are sounds that may not be heard in the original recording of the scene.

5. Jaws (1975), directed by Steven Spielberg and composed by John Williams, uses a leitmotif in order to convey when the shark is present and ready to attack.

6. Nicolas Winding Refn’s film Bronson (2008) uses voice-over narration to give the audience the protagonist’s perspective of the narrative events, as well as to quickly cover his life before prison at the beginning of the film. Because the narrator is ‘untrustworthy’, the narration is also used for comedic effect.

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