Analysing sound- Star Wars

 

At 0.22 narrative plays over the image of two characters walking through a desert like setting. The effect of this is that it suggests that the speech is important, and so the image on screen does not want to take away from what is being said. This is non-diegetic sound as the source of the sound cannot be seen on screen.

At 0.27 diegetic sound can be seen as the source of the sound is on screen. The sound is that of a plane going off as shown in the image. The effect of this is that it shows the high impact action which is going to happen in the film.

At 0.52 we see a character speaking, this is diegetic sound as we can see the source of the sound. The effect of this is that we gain some context of the plot of the film as we can hear what the character is saying, and planning to do, and who he is communicating with.

The diegetic sound seen at 1.12 is coming from the space ship which seems to be trying to get away from attacking spacecrafts. The use of the diegetic sound is to show the fast paced, heart racing scenes which take place in the film. It makes the audience feel as though they are involved in the scene.

Throughout the trailer is backing music in the form of non-diegetic sound. This music becomes more high pitched and fast paced when the exciting parts of the film are shown. Then when the bad characters are shown on screen the music turns low and slow. From the soundtrack we can get a feel of the mood of the whole film.