Key Elements: Sound
There are 2 types of sound, these are diegetic and non-diegetic. Diegetic sound can be heard by watchers and characters whereas non-diegetic sound can only be heard by people watching the film.
The scene starts being set in a bar with a lot of diegetic nose such as talking and glasses clinking. Higher in the mix, we’ve got the dialogue in this scene. There is then a non-diegetic sound effect in slow motion after he lights the cigarette. Then we have a sound bridge from the next sequence.
It J cuts to the diner and there is then diegetic sound of the characters monologue high in the mix with more diegetic sounds of noise in the diner and cars diving past low in the mix.
As the next shot starts, we hear a non-diegetic sound of a pop song. Cuts to the exterior which then we can see his friends waiting for him. The non-diegetic sound turns into a diegetic sound, we know this because when he turns off the radio later on the sound stops. However whilst the song is still playing, we hear a lot of diegetic sounds of things he picks up and guns he reloads higher in the mix. The director does this to show what items will be important in the film and what items will be essential to the plot. We also get a diegetic sound of him speaking to himself in the mirror before he exits.
We then get a diegetic sound of him getting into his car before cutting to the other car where a non-diegetic sound of an up beat song starts playing. Then we cut to the inside of that car when it turns to a diegetic sound much lower in the mix with the dialogue between the characters higher in the mix.
