THE AVENGERS: SOUND

 PREP Watch the first 10 minutes (after the title sequence is over) of The Avengers on Clickview. Analyse how sound is used in the extract to create meaning. You can use any part of the opening scenes - both the opening scene at the seaside at Little Bazeley or the scene in Emma Peel's flat

• first identify an example - use terminology such as diegetic sound, non-diegetic sound, dialogue.
• then give the example - " Little Bazeley is constructed as a seaside village through realistic sound codes such as..."
• "One example of how sound is used is when Steed makes conversation with Emma Peel..."
• then explain what meaning is created - "In the exchange of dialogue between the fisherman and the undercover agent who arrives from the sea they talk about...... which creates suspicion and comedy because....."
• "Steed's dialogue reveals his accent and shows that he is..." "What Steed says to Emma Peel suggests that he feels in charge because...." /  "Emma's comment about the coffee and cream show that..." / "Emma's throwaway comment about having just finished a scientific article shows that..."

At the beginging of the avengers epsisode we are greated by Little Bazeley which is constructed as a seaside village through realistic sound codes such as.The waves, wind and  the sound of seagulls. This helps us as the audience to really feel like we are on the seaside.In the exchange of dialogue between the fisherman and the undercover agent who arrives from the sea they talk about directions to little bazeley which creates suspicion and comedy because a man has just imurged from the water in a black bag and the fisherman has thought nothing of it.

The diffrence between the non diegetic and diegetic sounds at the start of the avengers episode is very noticable as there is very obvious music which creates the feel of a suspicious setting which you can tell is non diegetic and has been added in afterwards.the diegetic sounds such as the seagulls and waves is very easy to identify as diagetic as it fits with the scenary.