The World's End-Opening Scene-Sound Analysis

https://youtu.be/54Go73Cyi3o

This link goes to the opening scene of the 2013 movie 'The World's End' starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.

The scene opens with a blank screen and non-diegetic sound is used because there is music coming from an unknown source, however as the scene carries on there is a mixture of diegetic and non-diegetic sound because Simon Pegg starts narrating to introduce us to the main characters of the film and to tell us about the night they first tried the 'Golden Mile'.

Also, the music adds factual dimension to the scene because the song that is playing is "Loaded" by Primal Scream which came out in the 1990's and it is used cleverly because this part of the film takes place in the 1990's. As the scene continues it uses more diegetic sound because the main protagonist sets off the fire alarm and you hear the alarm going off.

The music in this scene makes me feel happy because the music is upbeat but as the scene ends the music becomes 'triumphant' sounding and that makes you feel like that. At '1:50' the music jumps about four times which is shown through jump-cuts which also show the setting of the scene, (Newton Haven).

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