Diegetic and Non-diegetic Sound

As opposed to our AS piece which was a film opening, trailers more commonly use diegetic sound throughout- something that is much harder to produce and make sound effective and professional. We definitely want to include some sort of speech in our trailer, not only to conform to trailer convention, but to challenge our production and technological skills. There is generally two options in which we could involve speech; on screen coming directly from the protagonist, or off-screen. Something that we are particularly interested in trying is using a sound bridge to make off-screen speech flow smoothly into on-screen. Subverting typical urban drama stereotypes, we are considering having the villain of the narrative speaking rather than the main protagonist. By doing so, we feel that we can create a massive impact on the audience by building tension through this medium.

In terms of non-diegetic sound we aim to use in our trailer, we plan to use a fast paced rap piece as the main body of it in order to conform to urban drama genre conventions. Obviously we will need to a lot of research in order to find a professional sounding piece which is not copyrighted. In conjunction with the typical rap music, we also want to incorporate some form of slowly melodic music at the beginning. Conforming to Todorov's theory of narrative, we want to begin our piece with softer music and establishing shots to suggest a sense of equilibrium. We hope to then gradually fade in the more urban fast paced music running parallel with the increased pace of shots- helping to build tension and excitement.