Sunday, 2 October 2011

When the clip starts there is no soundtrack, just dialog between the girl, boy and the dad, but in the first two seconds of the clip we can slightly hear the end of a soundtrack, this could have been the end of a sound bridge. The first sound effect we notice as an audience is when the dad gets the envelope out of the boys bag, we can hear it loudly which we can notice as an audience that the rustling of the envelope has been enhanced, By having no soundtrack and the sound effects being enhanced on small things this could portray that it is awkward between the three because there is an awkward silence in the atmosphere. By the envelope rustling being enhanced this could suggest that it is pointing out to the audience the business that is going on, shows that they are not just friends, they are meeting for a certain reason.


There is also more sound effects when the girl is locking the door, and also when the dad and the girl are walking over to the door they have both been enhanced to show the awkwardness again between the three of them. The girl is locking the door the sound effect has been enhanced this could also be called diagetic and ambient sounds, This has been enhanced to show that the boy is uneasy about the door being locked and by making the sound more noticeable, it shows the boys vulnerability, and that he likes it being unlocked so his dad is able to get in if he needs to. As well as this  the dialog is very short and snappy at this point, and also the girl stuttered her words which can show the awkwardness between the to and shows that she don’t know what to say, and also she may not want to say something offending so she may forget what she is saying and realise what she is saying and quickly shut up.


When the girl stutters again there is awkwardness , this is punctuated by the awkward silences taken place . This helps conduct a representation of his disability, because the disable boy isn’t one of the girls normal clients, and we can see this by the way everything that happens is revolved around his disability, the episode is about him. Also the disability isn’t there  for the  audience to feel sorry for the boy, it is treating his disability as a narrative. The storyline is about his disability, he isn’t playing a regular character, it points out the fact he is disabled.
When the dad gets in the van, he is very fidgety. When the music comes on the radio, (diagetic sound) it doesn’t fit the mood of the dad in the van because, it is classical music, this is the complete opposite to his mood. Also the other sound effects used are the window going up and down, when he is pulling his seat forward and back, and also the car horn, this emphasis that he may be bored, also that he is anxious about his son being up with the girl, he is worried and shows that he cares for his son and is protective.


There is a sound bridge when the dad is in the van, and it carrries over to the girl and boy in the room, this is a non diagetic sound. This is also a soundtrack and is there to emphasis the mood, and is also there to portray to the audience how the boy is feeling about the girl touching him, as well as this the dialog  ‘I have never been touched before’ makes the audience feel sympathy for him. There is also a harmonica used in the soundtrack this is normally used for the blues, which often sadness, and portrays the mood to the audience, and feeling sorry for the boy. If we as  audience was to carry on watching it, the soundtrack would end up getting louder.W

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