Cuffs Exam question 2

How is sound used to create meaning? (5 marks) Give at least two examples.

The scene begins with the police officer's walking past a shop a dark and eerie tone plays over. This creates a great amount of suspense for the viewer, as it makes it plainly obvious that something is about to happen.  A car pulls up to the side in diegetic sound, we can hear the car engine shut off. This diegetic sound allows the viewer to get a sense or realism, it shows that the world is still going on around the characters. The camera spins to face the police officers, an engine noise erupts out as a pickup truck race past the officers. The engine noise really takes you off guard, it shows the viewer that it was something no one was expecting as it happens so all of a sudden. 

Ryan and Jake are in a cafe with other police officers, all is calm and seems well. The calm is disrupted by a distraught voice barking through the radio, this is called an off-screen sound. This shows how quickly the police had to change from ordinary life to their duty. As the Ryan and Jake get in the police car a heavy bass guitar is playing at a fast pace, the sirens are heard in the diegetic sound. The guitar gets your heart rate up and makes the viewer feel the tension. The Sirens allow the viewer to feel like this is real-life as they add a sense of raw and unfiltered. This is also shown in the following chase scene as the tyre squeals and sirens are easy to hear. The tyre squeals also show how fast they are needed to go to catch the robbers. 

Looking at what I have talked about it is clear that the sound has a huge impact on the meaning of the show.