Film & TV Language: Sound analysis tasks

 

The Penthouse: War in Life - Seol Ah death scene.

https://youtu.be/bBu99ESU75A?si=pmlehX2b_P-DZGTW

From 1:25 to 2:20

Diegetic Sound:

Fire-works - Creates a celebratory feeling as if something good is set to happen, however, this is  interrupted by the death of her daughter. However, the fireworks stop whilst she's falling and resume when she hits the floor, and then creates an uneasy atmosphere. 

Screams - Creates a sense of fear that we can see from her expressions, this is a parallel sound because it is expected of her to scream whilst watching such a thing happen.

Glass-shattering - The glass shattering is perhaps used to highlight the force of her fall, as she plummets, creating a scene where the audience can feel like they're interacting with the diegesis through their sense of hearing. 

Crash/Blood splattering - The sound of her crashing into the statue and her blood splattering creates a big scene, clearly communicating to the audience that she is now dead, before even showing her dead body.

Non-diegetic: 

Music - The classical music playing over whilst she is falling is parallel, as the sound intensifies really highlighting this heavy and deep scene creating a sense of seriousness and even suspense/mystery.