Sound Analysis Miss Georgiou

Sound Analysis of The Final Destination

The main purpose of sound in a thriller film is to create tension, suspense and to show the mood of the scene. This can be done by using different music in a scene or a change in music to show a change in mood. Sounds that are diegetic and non-diegetic are used to show how serious a sequence of events is.

A convention of a thriller film is that non-diegetic sound is in the background to show what a character could be planning to do. Another convention is using silence after music. For example, music could be playing as tension builds but then the music stops and there is silence (only for a short amount of time) before a victim is scared or murdered or chased.

Diegetic Sound

As the cars drive past the camera, you can here the noise of the engine "revving" which is a sound that fits in with the image that is shown. Also, the crowd (when they are cheering and also when they are screaming) is very loud which is a realistic sound. When the car flips, loud clashing of metal noises can be heard

Non-diegetic sound

When the small metal object lands on the racetrack, it can be heard louder than the actual cars which makes it a non-diegetic sound. At about 1:20 of the clip, when a large metal object lands on her, a loud bell can be heard, which is non-diegetic.

Parallel Sound

During the race, the music that is an electric guitar is not loud. This music builds up suspense and makes the audience very tense, but when the cars start exploding and there is a lot of death, the electric guitar is played a lot faster and a lot louder which changes the tone for the rest of the sequence.