How diegetic and non-diegetic sound is effective in a chosen extract.

Chosen Extract: Hunger Games- Beginning of the games

   At the beginning of the scene we hear diegetic sound of Katniss rising in the lift. This is effective because she personally is making no noise. As she rises out of the tunnel there is just a high pitched continuous tone, this is a sign that the character is nervous and scared, it sounds sort of like an internal ringing in your ear. This gives the effect of dizziness and dazed confusion and that she is unaware of her surroundings. When the countdown begins its effective to me how the diegetic sound (countdown) can be heard clearly by the other characters although to Katniss the countdown is blurred, this is effective because it shows how sudden the change is from being a person who is in the crowd to someone who is taking part.

   The use of silence when her lover is shown is a classic use to represent love and mourning. The continuous non diegetic sound of the ringing suggests fear, worry and presents the character as being vulnerable. The siren-like tone rings throughout even the action except it goes higher in pitch as the action gets more intense. The noise seems to be a high pitched string instrument then more instruments are included in the action filled parts. The first time we hear natural diegetic sound is when she runs through the forest, as she brushes past leaves, this may represent that it has only just come to her that this experience is reality.

      In conclusion I think that this specific example of sound use in the movie is highly effective to the viewer and portrays high amounts of emotion and grasps the audience in to making a strong relationship with the main protagonist Katniss.