Workshop 2

                                                      Work shop 2

For this workshop we as a class looked at the movie Shaun of the dead. We had to look at and analyse two scenes from the film and see how they differ from one another in the sense of the sound effects used whether the sound fx was diegetic or non diegetic to the scene, we also looked at the music and whether that too was deistic or non diegetic. The two scene were the about the main character Shaun doing his daily routine, the first scene that we saw was Shaun doing his routine of him getting out of his house and going to the shop encountering things on the there such as a man asking for change. Where as the second scene we again see Shaun getting out his house but due to his current break up, he is completely oblivious to the aspects around him such as the people who were in the first scene either not doing there daily routine or were zombies and the aspects such as the continuous dining of the unanswered phone,  with the sound effects of birds singing in the morning, the opening of a gate, when he trips on the step ect. Each pair was assigned a scene to look at, my partner and i was assigned to analyse the second scene. Between the two of us we split up the sound fx and music, i decided to look at the sound effects where as my partner looked at the music. We both had to pay attention to whether what we was looking at was diegetic or non dietetic or whether their was a sound bridge. 

After we looked at the two scenes from the film, We then as a class looked at the film 'God Father', are objective was to watch the scene from the film and explain how the sound effects and music effect the mood and the meaning. for example at the end of the scene music was played, the music conveyed the mood that the scene was over and that the worse had been done. 

We then had to in our pairs pick a scene of our own and analyse the same aspects such as the sound effects and music. The person i was paired up with was Cynthia Ankunda the film that we picked to look at was Underworld the Awakening. We picked this film simply because its an action film which means there would be a wide range of sound effects and music. The scene which we picked from the film was when the main characters goes to save her love and encounters numerous threats and enemies on the way. Due to the fact this was basically a fighting scene there was a lot of sound effects such as punching and kicking.

Furthermore their were an equal amount of diegetic and non diegetic sound, some of the diegetic sounds used were the emphasis on the punching sound, and the sound of when the main character crushed the threats head. These dietetic sounds were used to create an excitement mood for the audience and make the scene exhilarating  and thrilling. Some the diegetic sounds used were things in the film such as the helicopters  shooting, slashing of blood, kicking, punching ect. The use of all these diegetic sounds create the mood of the film, the atmosphere that is conveyed through these sounds is thrilling and the emotional response from the audience is excitement and amusement. In addition the sounds used also give the audience a sense of the genre of the film which is action.  the timing for these sound effects were extremely good and made the sequence more realistic and created the right mood. 

There were some non diegectic sounds used in the film to convey the mood and meaning of the film. Some of the non diegectic sounds used were some of the shootings and explosions. The use of theses sound set the scene of the film but also made it more realistic to the audience. Furthermore these sounds also supported the excitement of the emotional response from the audience and again portray the action genre of the film. In addition the music used for this scene was synchronous to the action that were happening in the scene, furthermore the music also conveyed a exciting and thrilling mood, and also conveyed the genre of the film which is action. in addition the timing again was at the right moment creating an at ion like atmosphere. 

i didn't feel as if anything in this workshop needed to be improved on, i think well looked at and analysed the film sequence well. Doing this workshop has opened my eyes to all the things such diegectic and non diegectic sounds that have an effect on the mood and meaning and should help me for future reference such as when i  am looking and another film sequence or create my own using sound effects and music.