Sound AnalysisPamela Younes

The hunger games – Girl on fireI watched this clip and wanting to analyse the

sound used.I will talk about what kind of sounds was

played on this clip.Also the background sound.

Non-diegetic sound

In this scene katniss could not hear what the interviewer was saying because of her nerves

But the audience was able to here it. This would be non-diegetic

Volume controlAt the beginning of the clip the volume was

very low as she couldn’t hear anything also because of her nerves. It was almost an echoic sound

Dialogue (speech & language)

Near the end, the interviewer had a sympathetic tone as he asked a question about her sister

He had that tone as he was asking a question about her sister and how she went in her sisters place

Ambient soundThis would be background sound in diegesisBut they wouldn’t be in the field of vision

In this case it was the sound of cheering but the camera doesn’t show the people cheering.

Sound bridgeWhere sound continues across one or more cuts the camera would not be on the character talking it

would shoot other characters/objects but the voice of the character/object still carries on

When katniss turns around we can hear the interviewer talking but the camera is on katniss instead.

Sound perspective When we can tell if the sound is placed either

near or far or coming from particular places.We can hear different sound perspectives

from he audience near and far.We would be able to tell that there are loads

of people as we can tell from the distance when thy cheer.

Sound effectsThey have edited the sound effects of the

echo’s when the interview was speaking.As we wouldn’t be able to hear how other

people would be hearing, so they have fixed that as if she cannot hear anything, the volume would be very low, and echoic (naturalistic)

Sound effect & FoleyWhen the dress turns around and makes a

swoosh sounds (un-naturalistic)

The sound of the fire (naturalistic) would also be sound effects and Foley to hear the sound of fire on her dress