Sound Task

This extract is from Stanley Kubrick's 'Dr. Strangelove.' It is the final scene in the film that ends with the destruction of our planet which is ironic because Dr. Strangelove is able to walk before moments before this. The use of contrapuntal music here adds to the twisted dark humour of the situation. By having the two elements (the visuals and the audio) contrasting, it draws attention to the scene or can help the audience recognise new meanings. In other words, because the sound is used to create a conflict with the visuals, it can bring light to the idea that the image means more than what it appears to be. Although the contrapuntal sound is all non-diegetic, there is dialogue before the nuclear bomb which is considered diegetic sound.

This extract is from a film called 'The Graduate'. Here, the use of a sound bridge is very interesting. The audio links the two scenes which would otherwise be hard to connect as they are filmed in entirely different settings. To continue, it seems that almost all the sound used in this extract is diegetic rather than non-diegetic.