Quiz – The Social Network 1) TSN is set primarily at which American college? 2) Prior to joining the Facebook, Sean Parker (J.

Timberlake) founded this file-sharing internet company.

3) Facebook originally began as the prank website “Facemash.” Describe the principle function of this site (i.e., what made it popular?).

4) True/False: The Winklevoss Twins win their European crew race.

5) There is an un unusual line on Mark Zuckerberg’s business card. What is it?

SOUNDFILM 1010 – Week 3.2

Biases Motion PICTURES Moving IMAGES Movies VIEWERS WATCH movies SPECTators

But sound exists in interaction with the images.

The Diegesis Diegetic = the (fictional) world of the

film Character speech Sound effects (car horns, footsteps) Music (car radio, band in the background)

Non-digetic = outside the film world.

Question: How can you tell?Answer: Can the characters hear it.

Annie Hall (Allen, 1977)

The Soundtrack

Not this!1. Voice2. Music

3. Sound Effects

Voice 1. Dialogue

Prime driver of narrative action Speaker generally gets the close-up Often continues into reaction shot

A film can do without most sound effects and music;

It cannot do without voices.

Voice-off Voice-off

When we hear a character speaking when s/he is not onscreen.

Voice-off aids our spatial grounding. Key: It is diegetic (characters can hear it) Example: Erin Brockovich; M

Voice-over Voice-over

Offscreen character narrates the film Non-diegetic (characters do not here it)

Documentary – “the voice of God” (ex: Century of the Self)

Character commentary (ex: Bridget Jones’ Diary)

Music Music is primarily non-diegetic

Thus, un-realistic (but we accept it) Example: Blazing Saddles

Cues audiences to interpret/react in particular ways Example: Mystery Film (?); Notting Hill

Music frequently shifts between diegetic and nondiegetic. Shifts up and down depending upon

dialogue

Music, cont’d The Stinger – abrupt music that

highlights a particular moment Example: The Ring

Mickey-Mousing – music designed to mimic natural sounds Example: Wipeout

Periodization – music from a particular time period informs audience of film’s historical era. Example: American Grafitti

Sound Effects Sound gives “depth” to the two-

dimensional image. Theaters allow for directional sound

Creates the feeling of real space Sound gives us information (police

sirens) May sound realistic, but often recorded

after shooting (“foley artists”)

Sound Bridge Transition in which a sound from one

scene carries over into the next scene. Sound equivalent of the dissolve. Example: Groundhog Day

Sound Disjunction When sound and image do not “link up” Disrupts illusion of a unified world Examples: Paranoid Park; Natural Born

Killers; Four Eyed Monsters; Kissing on the Mouth; All the Real Girls