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 Sound analysis: blog tasks

1) Find a film clip on YouTube that uses sound in an interesting way. Analyse the use of sound, making sure you use the key language we have learned about sound in film:
  • Diegetic and non-diegetic sound
  • Parallel and contrapuntal sound
  • Sound bridges
Remember to discuss/analyse all the different types of sound present in the clip:
  • Music
  • Dialogue
  • Voiceover
  • Sound effects
You also need to highlight or put in bold any use of media language.

https://youtu.be/-UOcp9ydcM0

In the film clip, there is non-diegetic sound (the song: Kids in America) while there is a montage of clips of teenagers having fun and the protagonist of the film living her best life. The song is a pop song and it refers to the pop and rock genre of the 1980s, bringing a sense of culture and music from the olden days since this is a 2000s movie. There is also diegetic sound when the protagonist's voiceover plays while she is explaining how she has a very normal life and introduces herself as a normal person, which is contrapuntal to the videos of her using a machine to pick our her outfit and speaking about her lawyers. This emphasises her high social class which opposes her words spoken in the voiceover sound. There are many sound bridges within the couple montages shown and there are other non-diegetic sounds/ songs playing such as "I'm just a girl", which highlights the whole plot of the movie as to the girl being clueless. Additionally, there is diegetic sound when the girl (main character) uses the machine to pick out her outfit and it makes certain noises, which illustrates fast and rapid growing technology and it's power in the early 2000s to help a girl pick out and analyse all of her outfits everyday. Lastly, the diegetic sound of the main character's expensive car vrooming again portrays her wealthy background and the dialogue between her and her best friend explains their friendship and their similarities in wealth and how they have so much in common such as them both being aspirers.

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