1 Sound Sound can be: External diegetic: coming from the story space Internal diegetic: what character ‘hears’ inside head Non-diegetic: coming from outside the story space e.g. soundtrack music, voiceover
2 Power of Sound Bernard Herrmann: “Hitchcock only finishes a picture 60%. I have to finish it for him.” The Godfather Chapter 10: 1:21:17-1:25:44
3 Sound and Image Sound can: Parallel the images: say the same thing e.g. expressive music which reflects characters’ emotions Counterpoint the images: say different things e.g. ironic commentative music
4 Bull’s Eye Model of Analysis Bull’s eye schema can be used to conceptualise diegetic/non-diegetic interactions: characters & actions diegetic world non-diegetic representation Expressivist (parallel) Commentative (counterpoint) (setting)
5 Expressivist Music and Stinger Chord The Godfather Chapter 10: 1:25:20:-1:25:45
6 Expressivist & Commentative Use of Music and Dialogue The Godfather Chapter 21: 2:30:03-2:34:53
7 Music: Mickey-Mousing The Big Sleep