Thursday, 29 September 2011

Sound

To begin with there is no non dietetic sound track only dialogue between the people in the scene, the boy his father and the call girl.

She then asks about the matter of payment so the father takes the envelope of money from being the boys wheelchair the rustling sound of this is empathised this helps to highlight the fact it’s a business transaction.
After this the father puts the boy on the bed and leaves. The call girl then locks the door; the sound of this is part of an ambience sound track which is also empathised to show his vulnerability of being in a strange place especially now his father has left the room.

In this scene the dialogue is also very short, most if not all sentences are unfinished, highlighting the awkwardness of the situation. The whole exchange between them is punctuated by awkward silences, this helps to construct the representation of his disability by drawing attention to the unusualness of the situation.

After this the scene then changes to show the father in the van here there is dietetic sound of the radio playing, this is very relaxed calming music, which is the very opposite of how he feels hence why he then switches it off. he then continues to fiddle about with things in the van such as the window and his seat several sound effects are caused by this helping to empathise his anxiety.
A sound bridge is also used as the scene changes back from the father to in the room where the boy and call girl are this helps in terms of continuity, it’s a very mellow non dietetic sound track of a harmonica playing, that reflects well with the dialogue, helping to create the mood.
Ambient sound is phased out as the scene comes to an end.

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