Sound used in 'At World's End'

During the opening scenes of Pirates Of The Caribbean:At World's End, the sound used is mostly diegetic.

For example, when the scene is first set on the ship, you can hear the pirates working in the background and talking to each other. This gives you a good idea of what the conditions are like on the ship.



Also, the opening scenes replace the need to use non-diegetic sound by having diegetic sound that sounds the same. For example, when the boy is about to be hung, you can hear him singing while the rest of his environment is quiet, this creates the same eerie effect that would be created by using non-diegetic sound.



Although most of the sound used is diegetic, there is also some non-diegetic sound used. For example, when the boy is holding the coin, mysterious music is used. This creates an adventurous and exciting effect, which contrasts with the dark theme used in the next scene.

The reason that the opening scenes of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End' has barely any non-diegetic sound in it is because the film starts off with no opening credits, it gets straight into the action so there is no time for any special non-diegetic sounds to be used. Overall, I believe that the use of diegetic sound creates a better eerie atmosphere due to the quietness of the environment that the pirates are in, in addition to this, I believe that simply using diegetic sound makes the situation more intense for the viewer and the opening credits of this film back up his point.

Music In Juno

The film Juno has a dark and dulcet storyline throughout the film, it mentions the pregnancy of a 16 year old girl who is considering abortion. Unconventionally, the music used in the opening credits is upbeat folk music. This creates a sense of irony. 





A good example of a non-diegetic sound in Juno is right in the opening scene where it pictures Juno walking along with her Sunny D jug and the song “All I Want Is You” by Barry Louis Polisar playing over the scene.  This cinemagraphic element is seen as non-diegetic because the music playing is obviously not being recognized by anyone on screen and there is no apparent source of the music.  It is strictly for the audience only to add effect to what is being seen.  What can be inferred from this non-diegetic sequence in particular is that the movie is going to be a teen film with a love story.

Moving on to diegetic elements, there was one scene that really stood out to me that displayed this aspect of film quite clearly.  In the scene where Juno goes to the clinic to get an abortion she passes a friend from school standing outside the clinic protesting abortion.  Her friend starts yelling facts about her “baby” and one that catches Juno’s attention is that it has finger nails.  As she proceeds into the clinic and sits down she is swarmed with the sounds of people in the waiting room using their fingernails.  All the tapping, scratching, biting, and painting of nails in the waiting room is creating very loud diegetic sounds for Juno and are closing in on her.  They are causing her to think of the finger nails on the baby and convince her that it is alive.  After having convinced herself that the baby is alive she can’t go through with the abortion and decides to have the baby.



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