1. Non-Diegetic Sound:
I chose the scene right in the beginning of the episode. Buffy lays down on the teachers desk and Riley comes over to kiss her. I chose this example as it was the first opportunity of non-digestic sound. It is an example of non-digestic sound because when they started to kiss each other, background music started playing for a more dramatic effect. This example contributes to the aesthetic of horror for this scene because when I hear background music play, it draws me into watching because I know something is about to happen.
2. Diegetic Sound:
I chose the scene where Riley and his friend are in the elevator and the voice in the elevator is saying “vocal code not accepted.” I chose this example because there was a lot of different stuff going on. It is an example of diegetic sound as there was sound made by an object in the story. This example contributes to the aesthetic of horror for this scene as you had both diegetic and non-diegetic sound happening at the same time. There was the background music and sound coming from the elevator. It made me pay closer attention as the tension was building up.
3. Mise-en-scene
I chose the scene where the two monster guys were gliding around with the two other people following him. They knocked on the guys room and two crawling guys held the guy down and one of the glider guys took out a scalpel and cut into him, I chose this example because it had costumes, make up, and props in it. This example contributes to the aesthetic of horror for this scene because the costumes and makeup work added to the suspense and horror of the film. The background music was still playing, so it added a little extra to the scene. It made me watch the scenes closer as I wanted to know what was going to happen.
In your response to Diegetic sound and the example you used I was puzzled why you picked a scene with both diegetic and non-diegetic sound? Then again, this scene does a great job in showing the difference in diegetic and non-diegetic sounds. I feel that there are many different scenes throughout the show that display and have the two different sound types, but your example fits perfectly. Also the elevator music sounded great.
I liked your examples, but specifically you illustrated the use of mise-en scene perfectly. I agree that the props and the makeup added to the suspense of the show. The amount of detail that went into creating what the monsters looked like really created that ominous horror feeling. Again, I thought you did a great job on all three aesthetics of horror as you related every theme to a relevant scene in the episode.
Hi, I agree with your arguments about the three examples but I have some different feelings when I watched the scenes that you chose. For the scene of non-diegetic sound, you said you know something is about to happen under the background music. However, I did not feel something will happen under that music until the sound of the strange wind appears. I feel something will happen when I heard the sound of wind and the darken light. For the scene of diegetic sound, I feel curious when I heard the sound “vocal code not accepted” because I want to know how they can escape from the elevator if they cannot speak.
Your example of non-diegetic sound seems to be very popular as I chose the same one myself. The music in the scene is very powerful in invoking emotion with the audience. Your example and explanation of diegetic sound shows that you have a good understanding of the subject. I don’t know if I quite agree with your example of mise-en-scene because you are merely describing the scene and not the make up, props, or costumes involved in it.