One of the keywords that I wrote down was something that was mentioned to me by my tutors but they didn’t fully expand on, so I decided to do some research and I found out that Diegetic music is music found in dramas that is part of the fictional setting and is heard by the characters. The term refers to diegesis, a style of storytelling. This means Diegetic music wouldn’t be heard, a movie in which I explained how different music affected the audience’s perspective. Some examples would be;
This video helped me to understand Diegetic music and non-diegetic music because both are equally important for setting the scene and narrative of a show/movie Diegetic is music that actually occurs within the movie, for example, when earphones are playing out loud on a bus scene.
The video explains how Non-diegetic sounds typically play to enhance the experience for the audience, and the characters can’t actually hear the music playing in the background. The source of the music cannot be seen but compliments the scene and helps to build the emotion.
This means when I talked about LOTR I was actually listening to diegetic and non-diegetic sounds. I’ll link the video for reference here:
I’m going to write out all the differences between the audios played and explain how they are Diegetic/Non-Diegetic. How these two subjects link together is how they both talk about how audios change the audience’s perception.
Link to my LOTR Analysis:
https://digitalspace.bradfordcollege.ac.uk/10629409/wp-admin/post.php?post=152&action=edit
0:00 LOTR Theme:
This audio is Non-diegetic because the audio playing wouldn’t be heard by the characters because they are in a seemingly isolated place where the music of that sort couldn’t be heard unless it was seen on screen.
0:31 Footsteps:
The audio in itself is Diegetic, but in this scenario, it can be considered Non-diegetic, because footsteps being heard on a floor would typically be heard by the characters, but because of the sound of the footsteps, and how it doesn’t even match up to the actor’s pace or how the surface would realistically sound, the audio can be considered Non-diegetic.
These two examples show me how an audience perceives information that the audio gives can change a person’s perception of the entire narrative and how two different types of music can make or break a scene.
Conclusion:
Knowing about Diegetic music and Non-Diegetic has made me a lot more aware of how producers and directors use music to twist our perceptions and emotions, and how they use music to complete a scene.