Research into Sound-MIss Miller

In films, sound is important as it creates an atmosphere with the audience that creates an emotional bond, between them and their characters within the scene. In a sequence, the sound features used gives a depth to the action that is happening, allowing people to understand what film genre they are lavishing. In thrillers, the producers tend to use sounds that create the 3S. They use sounds such as:

• Diegetic sound
• Non-diegetic sound
• Off screen sound
• On screen sound
• Parallel sound

For our thriller opening sequence we used all 5 of these sounds. Mostly, we used: on screen sounds as well as diagetic sounds in order to increase the level of realism as much as possible.

An example of the sound which we used was some off screen sound of the mans wife on the phone. We added it at the start of the opening sequence as it creates an everyday atmosphere for the audience, making them relate to the everyday chores one has to do. This conersation can be counted as an off-screen sound as we cannot see the wife talking, but we can hear her. One should mention that although, the conversation was not diagetic(it was not added in the editing stage) it is counted as a conventional feature to the thriller genre as many directors use a phone call to create a realistic scenario just like we did. They do this to get the audience engaged into the scene, leading them into a full sense of security and then a twist to the scene in order to scare them.