Dialogue
Diegetic dialogue can be heard from 0.10 to
0.46 during the opening sequence from a television in a dark room, the
programme is some sort of news show where a lady talks about a situation and
its chaos to inform the people as well as to give the audience some context.
The camera slowly zooms in from an ‘ELS’ to a ‘CLU’ during this piece of
dialogue, when it finishes, the camera moves to the city in question. At 1.07
the dialogue starts again however from the voice of a narrator so it is
non-diegetic, it explains the news story with greater detail. The sequence ends
with an older man shouting in car in the city, it is not clear if this is
before the chaos or after.
Sound effects
Just before the TV turns on in the beginning
of the opening sequence we see the production company after a couple of seconds
to allow reading time, the TV statics and you see a name appear, soon after the
dialogue starts. Towards the end of the dialogue, it starts to get much louder
and just before the music starts playing you hear the sound of a missile in the
background suggesting strife, which relates to the dialogue. Whilst the second
piece of dialogue is playing at 1.07 you hear the sound of a helicopter then
see a helicopter flying, so it is diegetic. The sound of clashing instruments
is timed with the fireworks so maybe the director is creating this idea that
you can almost hear the fireworks too since there are a lot of sounds going on
(from the character sequence especially).
Music track
At 0.50, a loud old-fashioned, non-diegetic
opera song starts to play for dramatic effect. At the height of the song the
words “IN FAIR VERONA” come on the screen with a black background, at 1.06 the
music track fades but is still there. This mixture of sound is meant to panic
the audience. At 1.39 the music starts to build a crescendo and the characters
one by one appear with a freeze frame in their movement so we know exactly who
is who. The music has a very powerful opera singer with even more powerful
instruments. As this is happening the camera is cutting to different places in
the city, which creates this very chaotic, feel. This contrasts to the
establishing shots right after the words ‘in fair Verona’ was shown as it was
much more peaceful and bright with billboards. At the end of the sequence while
the man is shouting you get to hear music from the radio in the car also, so
there is never a quiet moment.
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