HW 2c- Sound in Film openings

Dialogue:

The opening sequence to The School of Rock contains very little dialogue, however the dialogue it does contain does give clues to the genre and style of the film. The sequence shows the main character played by Jack Black and one of the few lines he has is him asking for his guitar to be turned up, indeed this gives the impression he is a hard rocker and wants to have all his music loud which in turn gives a high energy feel to the film. Another bit of dialogue is after he does a stage dive when you hear him say "that was lame", this sets up the opening theme of the film of a washed up "wannabe" rocker who's chasing a dream of pulling off a once in a lifetime show, by this I mean it shows the crowd to not taking him seriously and it not being the type of show he envisions.

Sound Effects:

Throughout the opening scene which is set as the environment of a live music show you can hear a constant hubble of sound effects associated with this most prominently the low level noise of the crowd which to the audience signifies the live rock music environment. There's also some loud feedback from the main characters amp at one point which is also a signifier of the music being too loud and always associated with rock music. Lastly, when the main character attempts an ill advised stage dive you hear glass smashing, this also has many connotations with live music but also to the audience will immediately trigger a sense that something has gone wrong, in this case the main characters attempted stage dive.

Soundtrack:

The soundtrack to this intro is a hard rock song, this is an immediate of the genre and style of film for it to be music related as well about rock music in particular. The sound starts as non-diegetic sound but then moves to be the diegetic when the picture moves to a venue where the main characters band is playing the song to a small crowd. This also is relatable to the genre with it being about someone who makes a band so to show them in a band at the start is realistic, it also sets the context for all that goes on in the first in terms of the characters failed stage dive as well the small crowd showing their lack of popularity, this therefore makes it some of the most important part of the soundtrack.