The first example of a diagetic sound that I found right off the bat was when the little girl began singing with the violin playing as well. Originally I thought the monotonous voice of the little girl was non-diagetic however once she appeared on the screen I figured out that they wanted the viewer to fully experience the strangeness or scariness of the situation. Another example is when there are whispers that seem to be coming from the box that was opened. Although you may not see the people who are whispering, you assume that they are actual people instead of just noises that are unrelated to the people or (source).
An example of a non-diegetic sound occurs when the two girls realize they aren’t able to talk, during this time violins start playing and it begins to speed up creating a sense of angst and fear. Next more instrumentals come in and the louder they become the more intense the mood is. These noises are all added to create a dramatic effect.
An example of a Mise-en-scene is when buffy and her friend walk down the street after figuring out that everybody is unable to talk. Because of the view of the camera, you are able to see them walking solemnly down the street as well as all of the other people who are distraught around them. This gives the viewer the opportunity to have a full understanding of the situation and how everyone seems to be freaking out. Furthermore although nobody can talk, you can still feel the sense of fear with all of the different views of the situation you are able to see.
I also chose the first scene as an example of diagit sound. The main reason for it is the fact that I felt that all of the sounds were very real and it was easy to recognize sounds coming out either from the characters or instruments. The second example that you used for diagit sound more relates to non-diegetic example in my opinion because it seems like the sounds during that scene were invisible, and that would qualify to non-diegetic term. However, I might be wrong. I would agree on your presented example of non-diegetic term. I think that the scene you are describing very clearly shows invisible sound when girls stop talking all of the sudden. Also, I like the way how you explained the change of mood during that scene. The shift from regular action to more scary action is definitely emphasized in that scene and all the noises add dramatic effect as you stated.
I think you hit the nail on the head with all three concepts. The creepiest part of the entire scene, for me at least, was the little girl singing the song, which you identified in your diagetic sound selection. Something about children seems to instill fear in many people. Why do you think children are used to represent fear and horror in this type of context? I also think that the use of the monotone voice adds to the mystery of the scene, which peaks the curiosity. In the reading, the author mentioned that the unknown and curiosity of the viewers is a major component of the allure of the horror genre.
I really enjoyed how you included that first scene with the little girl holding the box and singing. I believe that this was a very important scene within the episode because it laid down some information that something was about to happen. It was also the scene that Buffy would refer to in order to put the puzzle of what was going on together. Because of this scene Buffy was able to figure out how to restore her voice as well as everyone else’s in the town and safe the day. Moreover, you talked about the scene where the little box was opened and background music and whispers started to play. The background music is obviously an example of non-diegetic sound. On the other hand, you said that the whispers were diegetic instead of non-diegetic. In my post, I also talked about this scene but I said that both the whispers and background music was examples of non-diegetic sound. Did you just assume that the whispers were those from the towns people? In this scene, you could see what seemed to be “white smoke” coming out of the town’s peoples mouths while they were asleep. Did you assume that the whispers were coming from or was possibly the “white smoke” itself? If so, then you could definitely say that the whispers is an example of diegetic sound.