Analysis of sound and representation of disability

Having analysed the clip, it was apparent that there was a frequent use of non diagetic sounds. The sountracks and sound effects which had been applied to the scenes contributed to an atmosphere of tension and awkwardness.


For the first couple of minutes of the clip, a soundtrack was absent. This was most likely intentional as it caused the scene to become extremely uncomfortable for the audience. Another reason for its absense was because it enabled the audience to be put in the shoes of the characters and feel for themselves a setting of silence.


Another observation of the clip was the dialogue used. The frequent use of short and snappy lines made for a feeling of wanting to skip to the reason why they were there in the first place, and to avoid having to engage in coversation. Unfinished sentences also created an awkward setting. One example of this is when the call girl went to the lock the front door, by unfinishing the sentence she was trying to say, it showed the audience that she was fearful to explain herself as to why she wanted to lock the door to start with. Frequent pauses between characters lines helped build up a sorrounding of tension and added to the quiet ambience of the appartment. Due to the fact the character's voices were quite timid, it drew the audience in and encouraged them to wait in anticipation to what the next line would be. How the dialogue was presented constructed empathy for the characters, mainly the disabled boy, who we felt sorry for, for the situation he had to go through to experience what a boy of his age would.


In order to emphasise the sound of the locking of the door, a microphone would have been placed over or near it to ensure the audience was aware of its significance. The heightened sound of the lock showed that the boy felt unaware and anxious.


A sound bridge began in the scene of the dad waiting in curiosity in the car and continuted to the scene of the boy and the call girl on the bed. The music was expressing an emotion of anticipation as well as an emotion of sadness. Despite the fact it was approaching a love scene, the boy appeared to be vulnerable due to the call girl's dominance and the fact he had placed himself in this situation.


Overall, the idea of the clip is to force the viewers to feel awkward and uncomfortable, just like the characters and to express a build up of events although the audience was fully aware of the reason the boy arrived at her appartment.