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64 Zoo Lane (up to 4:34)
64 Zoo Lane Series 4: The Story of Ronald and his BouldersIn the series, 64 Zoo Lane there is both functional and conversational dialogue. At the beginning when Lucy slides down the giraffe, all the animals say ‘Hi Lucy” in unison which tells the audience that the all know each other. Speaking in unison is common in this episode as they again, speak in unison when they say “Yes it did” when Ronald crashing a boulder and it made a loud noise. It starts mostly with conversational dialogue such as when the giraffe character tells Lucy and the others: "My favourite past time has always been gardening." She also tells them what others characters love such as ballet dancing(Natalie the antelope), eating watermelon (Herbert the warthog) and then gives functional dialogue : “Ronald the rhino is into bashing boulders,” which is what the story is about. Most of the sound effects used in this episode are synchronous such as the sound of the giraffe tapping on the window with her nose, boulders crashing wings from the bird flapping and Ronald the rhino galloping. There are also naturalistic sounds such as frogs croaking, when Lucy is talking to the animals at night, which is a common sound to hear at night time.
Stacey dooley investigates: Selling Drugs online
Kids Selling Drugs Online
In the documentary Stacey Dooley investigates, Stacey goes undercover to speak to the dealers who deal drugs digitally on apps such as instagram and snapchat. This documentary is location recorded through interviews, voiceover and to-camera piece therefore it is mainly diegetic sound which makes these interviews more authentic and real. The only non diegetic sound used in the documentary is the sound effects of the text message alerts and typing sounds when Stacey messages on the phone shown at 5:48 and 17:56 minutes. This makes the audience aware of when she is talking to someone on the phone and shows how quickly the other person replies. The main sound throughout the documentary is spoken word, therefore the way that Stacey talks to the drug dealers and gets the information that she needs is important. Once Stacey has met up with the dealer and is having a conversation with them she then reveals herself as someone who is undercover. She first tells them not to worry/panic and that she is not working with the police. Stacey tells them this as it is crucial for them to not get angry and could possibly start a fight with the camera crew or run away leaving Stacey with no information on how the drug trade works in the modern day. This worked successfully in one of her interviews at 20:00 minutes as she was able to talk to a 16 year old boy and found out when and why he started doing this. After the interviews Stacey usually does a to-camera piece where she talks about what she thought of the interview and does a general summary of the new information she just found such as at 16:08 and 23:19 minutes. This illustrates that she wants the audience to know how the business works or how young these people start selling drugs making them aware that it isn't right as she talks straight to the camera making the audience feel like she is talking directly to them. Voiceover is also used many times throughout the documentary such as when Stacey is summarising what she is about to do or who she is about to interview, making the audience aware of what is about to happen and who she is having a conversation with. Although the use of spoken word interview and live recording on location makes the interviews very authentic, it does have some problems. The problems with this are that the mic isn't able to pick up the sound of the people that Stacey is talking to because the outside interviews the mic picks up the sound of the wind or when the dealers are wearing masks ,at 14:08 minutes, to hide their face therefore their speech is muffled. This is resolved by subtitles being frequently used so that the audience can know what they are saying. The use of music in this documentary is useful and necessary as certain pieces of music create the right atmosphere that they are trying to convey. This is illustrated when they use menacing music when they go to a new location such as Mainstone train station where Stacey is meeting up with a young dealer. This illustrates that the location is a common place where people sell drugs. In addition, upbeat/hip hop music is mainly used when Stacey is doing voice over when there are images shown of drug dealers instagram and snapchat accounts which is shown at the start of the documentary.
Children Of Men
At 9 seconds we hear a loud, high pitched non-diegetic music that continues throughout the scene but ranges from being loud to gradually being quieter as sound effects, such as guns and cars, become hyper real. The high pitched music stops when a Luke enters the scene and starts again at 1:19 when a Kee spits in his face. This creates tension for the audience as the music ranges from being loud to quiet constantly throughout the scene. At 3:35 a military tank shoots the building which creates a sad atmosphere for the audience as they are killing people and possibly Kee. Throughout most of this scene there is little dialogue from the main character and mostly from the background characters shouting, yelling or crying for help. At 49 seconds we see the return of the group of people that Kee used to trust, saying “drop the gun” which tells the audience that as they don’t want to harm the baby and calms the atmosphere which heightens again once the guns start firing. At 5:33 when Theo tries to find Kee you can hear the baby crying which tells the audience he is close to Kee.
In this scene there is a combination of conversational and functional dialogue. In the beginning of the scene it is mostly conversational dialogue where we find out that Theo and Julian have a history together such as when she says “He always snored” and “You should have seen him in the old says when he was an activist”. This creates a light hearted atmosphere for the audience as we are getting to know what the main character used to be like. During this there is some functional dialogue when Theo ask where they are and Luke replies “Canterbury, we're close”. This moves the story along as it gives useful information to the audience. Another piece of functional dialogue is when Miriam says to look out as there is a car about to crash and is on fire, this catches the people in the car’s attention and the audience. At 2:16 a mass of people come running to the car with baseball bats and guns screaming, yelling and shouting. This creates tension for the audience as everyone in the car is in danger. At 2:41 Julian shouts “Cover Kee” which shows that Julian thinks of protecting Kee instead of herself which shows Kee is an important character in this story. Miriam is also shown to be helpful once Julian is dead she tells Theo “Put pressure on the wound” showing that she was a nurse. But then is less helpful once she starts rubbing her hands together and places them on her head in a spiritual way. Most of the sound effects in this scene are hyper real to create tension such as at 2:08 the car crashes into a pile of log of wood that is on fire blazing. Another hyper real sound effect is when Theo kicks the door into the motor cyclists, the sound of the bike running becomes hyper real as it crashes onto the car. There is both synchronous and non synchronous sound in this scene such as the non synchronous sound of the window smashing at 2:28. This creates a hectic atmosphere as there are so many things are happening all at once it is not possible to see it all happen. The synchronous sound is of the front window crackling, which then shatters. Throughout the whole scene there is car radio music playing as all the action is happening. The music is quiet but can be clearly heard in the beginning of the scene but once the action starts, other sound effects are much louder therefore you cant hear it until the action dies down.
Car Scene
car scene
In this scene there is a combination of conversational and functional dialogue. In the beginning of the scene it is mostly conversational dialogue where we find out that Theo and Julian have a history together such as when she says “He always snored” and “You should have seen him in the old says when he was an activist”. This creates a light hearted atmosphere for the audience as we are getting to know what the main character used to be like. During this there is some functional dialogue when Theo ask where they are and Luke replies “Canterbury, we're close”. This moves the story along as it gives useful information to the audience. Another piece of functional dialogue is when Miriam says to look out as there is a car about to crash and is on fire, this catches the people in the car’s attention and the audience. At 2:16 a mass of people come running to the car with baseball bats and guns screaming, yelling and shouting. This creates tension for the audience as everyone in the car is in danger. At 2:41 Julian shouts “Cover Kee” which shows that Julian thinks of protecting Kee instead of herself which shows Kee is an important character in this story. Miriam is also shown to be helpful once Julian is dead she tells Theo “Put pressure on the wound” showing that she was a nurse. But then is less helpful once she starts rubbing her hands together and places them on her head in a spiritual way. Most of the sound effects in this scene are hyper real to create tension such as at 2:08 the car crashes into a pile of log of wood that is on fire blazing. Another hyper real sound effect is when Theo kicks the door into the motor cyclists, the sound of the bike running becomes hyper real as it crashes onto the car. There is both synchronous and non synchronous sound in this scene such as the non synchronous sound of the window smashing at 2:28. This creates a hectic atmosphere as there are so many things are happening all at once it is not possible to see it all happen. The synchronous sound is of the front window crackling, which then shatters. Throughout the whole scene there is car radio music playing as all the action is happening. The music is quiet but can be clearly heard in the beginning of the scene but once the action starts, other sound effects are much louder therefore you cant hear it until the action dies down.
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