Thursday, 12 September 2013

Doc Martin Sound

At the beginning there is a short piece of music this added piece of music is called non-diegetic sound because it is not sound that is natural to the scene. After that the clip has no sound apart from the conversation this is called diegetic sound because it is a natural sound for the setting also because the sound occurs from what is on screen its synchronous. As the water pipe burst the sound level increases because people are trying to talk over the water, the phone ringing and the dog barking. Even though the viewer hears the dog and does not see it, it is still diegetic sound. Doc Martin shouts at everyone then as he walks towards the dog the music is added in to create the feel like Doc Martin is walking towards the dog and to show that there is tension and anger as he is doing it, this  also links to the camera moving towards the dog to.

As Doc Martin walks with the dog along the road the music, which is non-diegetic because it has been edited in, is upbeat to go with the speed of his walk and to show the anger and frustration. When Doc is walking there also the sound of seagulls that do not appear on screen so is asynchronous. As Doc starts to talk to the policeman the music stops to allow the viewer to understand what he is saying. As Doc walks out there music starts before it goes onto the next scene to show that its a smooth transition from one scene to another.


When he walks towards the women the music starts but shortly stops to allow a conversation. The music starts again walking towards a school and when Doc Martin stops to look in, the music stops to make it clear that he has stopped. As the women in the class room see's him looking the music starts again and this helps show the tension between them. As Doc and the women are exchanging looks there is a faint sound of people talking that you do not see so this is asynchronous.

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