Planning Sound - Miss Miller

Planning Sound

Parallel
In our production, parallel sound present is of a knife stabbing someone, this shown in the dinner scene where cameron kills his mother. The sound of the knife is used to add emphasis to the pain his mother is feeling and also showing on-screen sound as we see the knife. This leaves the audience being wary and fearful of cameron, leaving them unaware of what he is capable of and always on the alert when he appears in a scene.

Non-Digetic
At the end of our opening sequence piece, we shall play the soundtrack of "tiptoe around the tulips" this is while the credits are being played to play out the scene. This is also a very childlike sounding song, not linking with the violent scene and also the gore in the scene, meaning this also comes as contrapuntal sound. This unsettles the audience and makes them feel uncomfortable, also adding tension to question why the sound is here if it is not related to the scene.

Digetic
During the suicide scene, significant digetic sound occurs such as the chair dragging prior to his suicide, it is an eery sound and creates tension and suspense, the audience are made uncomfortable by the sound and it makes them wary of what may happen next. This prolongs the anticipation of the suicide, it adds another element of mystery as we do not know whether he will kill himself and the audience will find out and shock is created with digetic sound when the chair falls to the ground and the only thing that can be seen are his legs dangling.

Off-Screen
Off-screen sound occurs at various points during our opening sequence, a notable example is when Cameron's girlfriend is on the phone to him and we can hear Cameron's voice but cannot see it, adding a sense of mystery and tension as the audience does not know where the sound is coming from and want to know what Cameron is really up to. This also makes the audience fear for his girlfriend and this adds to the distress of the audience as we see her concerned and almost facial expressions, which are her reactions to what she is hearing but cannot see, just like the audience. This also builds suspense and no one knows where the antagonist is and whether others or himself are in danger.