Placed in the gallery and outside
of the diegetic world of the film, the visitors to the gallery transcend the role of spectator and become active participants in the installation.
In a medium populated by graphically noisy deaths, swelling soundtracks and the constant ding of coin collection, Tangiers «use
of diegetic and industrial tones stood out.
Then in our second segment we sink our collective teeth into the topic
of diegetic music in video games and how that relates to the fourth wall, idle animations, in - jokes, and characterization in general.
This could be because of the deliberate blurring
of diegetic and non-diegetic aural elements, or simply its use of montage.
You have the syncopation
of the diegetic sound to the music which happens throughout the movie.
The music selection, a mix
of diegetic songs and a lovely score, brings even more depth to the film.
The soundtrack preserves the careful mixing
of diegetic and non-diegetic effects, most notably in how urban street sounds, particularly of traffic, are used to bridge studio - shot footage with location shooting.
Not exact matches
I don't like musicals except those that are
diegetic (great movies like «Purple Rain», «Saturday Night Fever», «American Graffiti» are naturalistic music driven dramas not fantastical as is the traditional sense
of the genre) but saw this as
I don't like musicals except those that are
diegetic (great movies like «Purple Rain», «Saturday Night Fever», «American Graffiti» are naturalistic music driven dramas not fantastical as is the traditional sense
of the genre) but saw this as a consolation on the day, so if you like musicals this might be your cup
of tea.
C. Scott Combs» idiosyncratic thesis that death in cinema has always depended on registration, either
diegetic or non-
diegetic, is clearly stated, and allows him to conduct rich textual analyses
of a wide range
of mainstream films, including Electrocuting an Elephant (Thomas Edison, 1903), The Country Doctor (D.W. Griffith, 1909), The Jazz Singer (Alan Crosland, 1927), Sunset Boulevard (Billy Wilder, 1950), Steel Magnolias (Herbert Ross, 1989), and The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999).
There is some
diegetic sound that factors into scares, but that's acceptable as the movie earns every one
of those moments.
The attendant 5.1 DTS - HD MA track proves that Zemeckis is still capable
of turning on the afterburners with regards to mixing set - pieces (there's an almost musical quality to the Blitz as bombs clobber the subwoofer and hails
of gunfire flank the viewer), yet when I think
of Allied, I think
of its restrained use
of score — much
of the music is
diegetic — and
of how Zemeckis finds a remarkable number
of variations in the sound
of the air around Max and Marianne's loaded silences.
Set against the crusty, propulsive keyboard plinks
of Jefferson Starship's «Jane» (which opens both Wet Hot American Summer and its accompanying series), the trailer overrides American Honey's
diegetic soundtrack to give it the low - stakes look
of a suggestive teen sex comedy (replete with comedic freeze frames and vintage title cards) rather than the sobering exploration
of class and youthful recklessness it is.
Another scene sees
diegetic sound overlap, creating the somewhat surreal impression
of convulsing bodies dancing to the music at Luciano's dinner as they continue to be riddled with bullets.
Shot (with one exception) in black and white by Florian Ballhaus (son
of Michael), the film is set to a score that is more industrial sound than music; yet, it is the combination
of the clinically clean black - and - white cinematography, the disturbing score, and the narrative's single - minded focus on the protagonist's actions (there is no moment when the film seeks to psychologise him) by which the film manages to simultaneously solicit, on the one hand, our fascination with and, increasingly, horror about the events depicted — even long after Herold has proven how scarily easy it is for him to order mass murder (and, whenever necessary, to set an example by killing himself)-- and, on the other hand, to ensure that we keep some intellectual distance from the
diegetic events.
Transfixing images accumulate as we get gently dragged deeper into Drift — and that's before the film's turning point, when the soundscape slowly slips from the
diegetic into electronic abstraction and the sea wrests control
of the helm and we really start to lose our sense
of time and space.
His cuts, perfectly timed with the
diegetic soundtrack, made the journey
of a song cinematic.
Every flashback to the 20's is fully treated as a film from the era, entirely without effects
of any other
diegetic sound and shot in hazy black and white.
We also get some potent atmosphere on occasion, such as in the memorable
diegetic blaring
of Jefferson Airplane's «White Rabbit.»
As her cries turn into howls, White's sacrifice is dismissed by the film's
diegetic television audience as nothing more than another cynical example
of media sensationalism.
Apparently screened theatrically in Dolby Digital, the film has been downmixed to Dolby Surround for DVD but sounds excellent all the same — the Hebrew dialogue (supplemented by optional yellow English subtitles) comes through clearly and the
diegetic song selections are
of strong fidelity.
Each
of these elements can be further sub-divided into types
of dialog (voice - over narration or
diegetic speech), music (source or score), and effects (footfalls, gunfire, or ambiences).
Burnett contributes the best juice when he's talking about his choices for
diegetic music, like outlining the provenance
of Bo Diddley's «Bring It To Jerome.»
Throughout, Jonny Greenwood's omnipresent and beguiling score wafts over the drama, melding with
diegetic sound, including pieces
of music placed in the world
of the characters.
For the first time in the enduring Morricone - Leone collaboration, a kind
of pantomime pervades the music, with notes and actions so closely coordinated that the Charles Bronson character's theme becomes
diegetic: Every time Bronson, called Harmonica because the instrument is practically his first language, blows into his harp, the resulting noise is incongruously omnipresent.
Scoutflies act as
diegetic waypoints, and they become more useful and precise the more evidence
of a monster's movements you discover.
These tracks sound similar to these ears: deep, clean, with fastidious distinctions made between the
diegetic and non-
diegetic sounds, which is
of paramount importance to a film that so precisely deconstructs itself, featuring a killer who provides her own soundtracks for her murders, suggesting an artist in her own right.
In his script, Moore describes the integration
of small sections
of animation and discusses these in relation to the way «traditional» special effects and animation techniques can further extend the
diegetic space
of the world without interrupting the overall flow
of storytelling for the reader.
Similarly, we ought to distinguish between
diegetic stories that occur within the fictional world
of the game, and non-
diegetic stories that feature the player themselves as a character.
All
of the information you have about your ship, in other words, is
diegetic; nothing is external to the game world.
The rise and fall
of tension, as
diegetic strikes
of a bow on strings slowly...
By using Circle Percussion, a Dutch epic drums theatre group, we could combine all kinds
of drumming sounds in our
diegetic music as well as in our soundtrack - and all composers could «use» Niels, who used to be part
of Circle Percussion, to record live percussion tracks.
As you move through the four chapters
of this creepy tale that mixes textual and
diegetic elements in a beautiful dance, you may discover that more things are interwoven than the VHS box art may have let on.
An artificial dusk is lit only by the flashing lights
of the work (if a film's sound is
diegetic if it has a source on - screen, can we use the word for lighting which has its source only in the art to be illumined?).
Expanding the
diegetic of the film, this debris becomes part
of the narrative and complexiflies the spectator's perception.