Sound analysis

Mission: Impossible 3

This scene has Tom Cruise escorting a person of interest to safety. Whilst this occurs we can hear background music, sound effects and dialogue. The sound effects come from gun shots being exchanged between Mr Cruise and the villains. An audience would expect to hear those kind of noises in this movie because it is a mission impossible film and the genre is action and thriller. The gun shots could have been added after the scene was produced to create a sense of realism (non- diegetic) by editing in the sound effects. Otherwise they would have to use fake guns which shoot blanks which could potentially sound artificial. Despite this, some of the noises the guns make could be diegetic for example when a gun is being reloaded. Also, the explosion near the end is non diegetic so this was edited into the scene after the shoot (mainly loud noises with volume that can't be controlled naturally). Therefore, the dialogue is diegetic because there wouldn't be any interference with the character's voices (gun shots) so they would have spoken in the scene. The music used is contrapuntal. However, the music almost sounds parallel to the scene because many movie producers associate theatrical/orchestra music with an epic scene with violence. There is no sound bridge used in the clip because it doesn't transition very often out of the building the shoot up takes place.