Non-diagetic Sound: The example of non-diagetic sound that I chose is the clip when all the voices are stolen from the people of the town. I decided to review this clip because the non-diagetic sound encompasses the overall plot of the episode. The whispers and background music complete the eerie feeling of the scene. The aesthetic of the episode was affected by the non-diagetic sound because it made the scene even more creepy. Without the sound of the whispers the moment would not have been eerie and the episode would have lost the feeling of horror.
Diagetic Sound: The diagetic sound I chose is the fight clip at the end of the episode. These sounds are diagetic because they are not background noises and they are specific to what the characters are doing at the time. These sound effects from the punches amp up the suspense in the scene and make it feel much more intense. These sound effects from the fight contribute to the overall aesthetic of the episode because it makes the scene intense and seem urgent.
Mise-en-Scene: The mise-en-scene that I chose is the group of villains. The way they float around town causing chaos, their makeup, and the lack of noise that they make contribute to their overall creepiness. Their appearance is mysterious and it adds to the role that they play in the episode. These men definitely contributed to the aesthetic of the episode because they dictated the darkness and creepiness that occurred.
Katie, I agreed with all of your explantations of why each sound made the show eerie. I too believe that whispers and back ground musics adds to the suspense of the show adding to the horror aspect. I find my heart rate rising, and my suspense elevating whenever music begins. What I find interesting however though is that it is the noise and sound effects that make it eerie in the first scene you describe, but in the last scene you describe, it is as you say “the lack of noise” that contributed to the overall creepiness. I completely agree with you, but it is just interesting to me that in one scene it is noise and in another it is the absence of noise. I think the unique combinations of diagetic noise, non diagetic noise and mise-en-scene that truly creates the horror aspect.
I got same feeling with you, non-diagetic, diagetic and mise-en-scene were contribute to the aesthetic of horror for the video . As I see, Non-diegetic is the sounds out of the stories, such as adding music make the story forward, is the most common narrative voice. When people saw the vampire appear in the video, then heard background music, then people may feel scare. Also, I agree with Mise-en-Scene creates horror atmosphere. Just like this video, the things like lighting, actor’s performance etc. are the elements of the Mise-en-scene which used to create the aesthetic of horror.
In most of these cases, the sound is making us anticipate what is going to happen, and even slightly fear it. I think it is also important to note that sound can do the opposite as well. It can make us overjoyed for the hero overcoming the darkness or feel at ease once the tension subsides.
We have the fight scene that has sound effects which get us excited and rooting for the hero, so that in the end when the hero conquers we can feel relaxed and happy until a new problem arises.