Sound in media product analysis.

     

In the Woman in black trailer, diegetic sound is used in-between timings 0.02-0.05, I know that this sound is diegetic due to the fact that a train is denoted moving across the screen blowing smoke out from its chimney, this visual imagery is is accompanied by the sound of a train whistling, this use of diegetic sound helps connote to the audience that a new journey is taking place, creating spectacle as we don't know where this journey will lead to, secondly, digetic sound such as the sound of wind blowing in the air is used between times 0.14-0.16, this digetic sound accompanies an establishing shot of an isolated outdoors area, the blowing wind connotes to the audience that the location is cold and windy, creating a more dull and serious atmosphere, the sound of a creaking door is also used between times 0.23-0.26 when the main character Daniel Radcliffe is opening the main door to the  mansion, this sound reinforces the fact that the mansion is old and abandoned as a creaking door connotes that no one has used the door / has been in the house for s long time, lastly sound of a glass shaking around on a table is used whilst having alcohol poured into it by a very worried waitress who is concerned for the main characters well being, (shown between times 0.41-0.42), the shaking glass sound connotes that her hands are shaking as she's holding the glass, therefore reinforcing her nervous emotions to the audience.

Non-digetic sound is also used in the trailer, for example at the start of the trailer, soft, fairy-tale like music accompanies the scene of the train setting off into the distance, connoting to the audience that the start of a new journey into the unknown is occurring as this genre of music is typically creates a sense of mystery, secondly, non-digetic sound is used between times 0.28-0.33, this sound is of a deeply pitched, long noise that builds up slowly getting louder and louder, this sound is used during the build up to a jump scare, therefore the sound helps connote to the audience that something bad may happen as a sound getting louder creates tension and fright, due to the fact that we don't know what the sound is leading up to, non-digetic sound is used between times 0.41-0.45, this sound is of a repetitive, heartbeat-like, fast paste clapping sound, this use of sound connotes to the audience that the main character is scared / in trouble as this sound mimics the pattern of a fast beating heart, therefore connoting that his heart is racing due to him being frightened, lastly non-digetic music is used towards the end of the trailer between times 1.12-1.29, this music consists of a repetitive booming sound, the booming sound creates fright as it mimics the sound of an alarm, therefore the music helps connote that the film gets extremely chaotic and frightening towards the end as the music accompanies various different scenes that show many jump scares and frightful scenes compared to the rest of the trailer.