Watching each of the live performances, I would say I would be most comfortable watching the live Jazz performance. I enjoy how lively it seems from the video and wish I could actually experience what it sounds like in person. It actually bothers me that the audio quality is so poor because I feel I would really enjoy hearing the full quality of the performance. I think I would be most comfortable with the Jazz performance because that is the closest to the shows I see. Most of the concerts I attend are very upbeat and lively, so I feel I could mesh right in if I saw a Jazz performance. Although it is unlike what I am used to, I would not mind seeing a Chamber music recital. The music they were playing was pleasant to the ears and sounded beautiful. I feel shows like that could help me develop a deeper appreciation for music. Being able to sit there and just take in the pleasant sounds I’m hearing is something I want to at one point experience in a live show. I wouldn’t be uncomfortable seeing an Orchestra concert, I just would much prefer the other two options. Not that the Orchestra concert was bad to watch, it was just different than what I would find myself listening to. The music I listen to relates more to the sounds of Jazz and Chamber music than Orchestra, but after watching the video of the orchestra, I would not mind seeing a show. I guess I would be most uncomfortable seeing a Hindustani classical performance. I don’t mean that it would be uncomfortable for me to see that performance, but out of the four options, that would be at the bottom of my list. That is simply because I relate to it the least and find it the least enjoyable out of all the options we were given.

When watching all the performances, I get different vibes from a few of them. With the Jazz and the Hindustani, I believe those performances are more “laid back” in a sense, in comparison to the other performances. For the Orchestra and Chamber performances, they come off to be more structured and have a more serious experience in a way, I don’t know how to explain it. I feel that same thing with the experience of an audience member. The audience members in the Jazz and Hindustani shows could come off more laid back than the Orchestra and Chamber performances. The Jazz and Hindustani come off in a way where they could be more lively than the Orchestra and Chamber performances.

I feel like the environment of a Jazz club would be more comfortable for me, it’s chill, there are people talking, singing, dancing and watching the performance. If I walk out, it wouldn’t even be noticed. You definitely don’t want to look like a bum at a jazz club but dress well or casual. The audience is usually drinking, chatting, dancing and watching the performance so I would definitely feel okay in that environment. The only difference is that the people around d you aren’t totally focused on the performance so that leaves you open for chats and conversation. 

The least comfortable for me would probably the Chamber orchestra concert because I feel like if I got up and left it would come off as disrespectful and disruptive.  Usually, in a concert hall, you come in before the performance, grab a program, and take your seat. There’s no eating in a concert hall, you can’t record the show (or at least it isn’t respectful to), if you talk, cough or sneeze you will get looks. The performers have their set program list, dressed in the usual concert black and correct posture. I’ve been to several shows at Carnegie hall and I always feel like I’m walking on eggshells from when I’m choosing what outfit to wear up to the point I take my first step into the train station. 

I chose the opening scene of “Get Out”  The scene starts off with Chris (the African American) on the phone with someone. Later on, a white car pulls up the street and starts trailing him. We then hear music coming from the car, and Chris turns around and notices the car, acknowledging that it is there. From his thoughts, we know that he tries to avoid the car so he walks in the opposite direction. Then someone from the car gets out and attacks him. His body is then dragged into the trunk of the white car. Some sounds that were present during this scene are the sound of the car against the road, the sounds the car made, the music, the conversation, his thoughts, and the sound of the environment around him. I believe the only nondiegetic sound is the old show tunes coming from the car. 

The music they added to the scene makes the more creepy and gives the audience chills. It tells the audience that something is about to happen, it’s foreshadowing something scary. It gives this hair-raising mood to the audience and I believe that the music that was chosen for this scene plays the key part. It has this old happy show tune vibe, yet the setting of the scene makes the music a lot creepier. I believe the dynamics play a key role in this as the music is quite at first, making it sound mysterious then as the scene ends, the music gets loud, indicating that whenever music is played, something bad is going to happen.

The opening scene I chose is from Get Out(2017), the movie is about white people stealing bodies from black people because they think the bodies of black people are superior to their white bodies. In the opening, it shows how the black male is kidnapped after talking to the girl which manipulated him to go to that white neighborhood.

Some diegetic sounds are the male talking to himself and the non-diegetic sounds are the dog sounds or the music from the car.

The music sums up the entire movie, but without letting the viewer know unless they’ve seen the whole film. However, it is foreshadowing later into the film, when another black man is talking to a white person and gets invited to their white neighborhood. The opening shows that the movie is about racism because it is a black male in a white neighborhood and we know that because he is not familiar with his area and says “white” named areas with the white car and “white” music. He also says how he’s scared of the car because he is in that neighborhood. I think the old country music is a good musical component that shows the era it would have been in.

The mood is very spooky yet calm, there is a moment at night with the dog barking, car following with music like baby music in horror movies and then it gets classical and calm while he is kidnapped.

I chose the “Ride of the Valkyries/Helicopter Attack from Apocalypse Now” scene. In the beginning of the clip, you can see a bunch of helicopters flying in the sky. It later cuts to a small little village in Vietnam(I believe) and there are children running away as a soldier warns them about whats about to happen. Then all of the helicopters make it to the village and they start blowing up and shooting their machine guns

Some of the diegetic sounds that are in the clip are obviously the sound of the wings of the helicopter, the footsteps of the people running, the sounds of the explosions. I dont think there are any nondiegetic sounds because everything you see in the clip has a specific sound to it.

Adding the music in the background just makes the scene seem more “epic” like something crazy is about to happen. Right when I first watched the clip and heard the music and saw the helicopters, I knew something was about to go down. I believe adding the music to the scene makes the viewers excited and eager to watch more.

I picked the video “get out opening scene the knight”. This movie started with an African American men walking into the scene at night and music in the background making it sound like a regular night walk after dinner there is no touch of suspense in the background. As soon as the car pulled in this men realize something is not right and the sound in the background still did not seem like that there will be something, but this men pretend like he is going through something and he was expecting something like that and with slight change in music it seems like he was trying to get away from this place and a new sound appear in the background and someone came out of the car and kidnapped the men.

This movie starts off with a black man walking down the streets of a predominantly white neighborhood, lost and uncomfortable. The situation gets worse when a mysterious car suddenly appears and starts following him. Then, a man who was dressed as a knight comes and attacks him. After that, he knocks him out and puts him in the trunk of the car. 

There were many diegetic sounds that came in the background of this video clip. Non Diegetic sounds are sounds only the audience can hear. Some of them were the crickets to show it was a dark and quiet night and that nobody was around there. Later, we can hear the footsteps and the breathing to show that nobody is near. Later, the dogs added a scary scene because the sounds of the dogs weren’t really that friendly. They seemed to be more as if the dogs will attack or are trying to create that fear that something is about to happen. One sound that I wouldn’t really say was diegetic because the audience and him can hear, but added to the scene well was the car sound when it came and the guy had noticed. In that part he turned his path and went the other side. 

The car came here because during a kidnapping scene usually, it is always a quiet place and many people aren’t usually around and that is what this scene reminded me of. The song in the background in the car that was playing was Run Rabbit Run. Basically, it is indirectly telling the man to run away otherwise he will get choked.

Towards the end they use crescendo when they use the violin, the end adds to the suspense and to make the story seem mysterious about what will happen next. It just leaves the story open ended and in a way where the audience would want to keep watching the movie.

Film has a huge impact on the viewer’s of a film. This can be seen in the opening scene of Get Out. In the movie as a whole, it is about an African American man, Chris, that goes to meets his girlfriend’s family. While he is there, he starts to notice weird things and begins to worry about his own safety. More specifically however, the opening scene depicts an African American man walking in suburbs while its dark. He spots a car that passes him, which then proceeds to turn and pull up besides him. He turns around, trying to avoid any conflict, but the person that was driving gets out and chokes him out, proceeding to stuff him in his trunk.

Most of the sounds at the beginning of the clip are diegetic, meaning that they are occurring in the clip itself. This includes the man talking on the phone and then to himself. In addition, the noises of the insects also are included in this. This makes the man seem alone, as all he has is himself and the insects. This is until the car pulls up. The music is coming from the car’s radio. The song actually sounds very happy and cheerful, kind of like show tunes, this is until the attacker closes his doo. This is the start of the non diegetic music, where the cheerful show tune turns into something much harsher and makes the viewer feel uneasy. The music sets a mood of creepiness, as walking down an unfamiliar street by yourself can be creepy. The music, or lack of it makes the viewer feel isolated.

I chose to watch the opening scene of “Get out.” This movie entitles an interatial couple, one being the black man who was walking and then short after killed in the opening scene. Him and his girlfriends parents are not pleased with each other since they do not want their daughter dating the man, Chris. In the start of the clip Chris was on the phone with his girlfriend and then after hanging up was trying to figure out the which turn he was supposed to take and on what street. He then realized there was a white car that pulled up very close to him and kept following him, getting startled he decided to walk another way. Unfortunately, the man in the car got behind him and put him in a chokehold and proceeded to put him in the trunk of his car. 

There was both diegetic and nondiegetic sounds throughout the opening scene. A diegetic sound was present is the crickets and sort of night time sounds that you would hear and there was a dog braking for a few seconds. As well as when the car passed by the man he heard it drive down the road. The non-diegetic sounds that were present would be the creepy music playing in the background while Chris was approached from the back by the man from the car. However, the song which was playing – “Run Rabbit Run ” by Flanagan and Allen came from the car at first and then got increasingly  louder as the man was putting him into the trunk of his car. 

When the music was played at a low volume and increasingly started to crescendo it gave the audience/ watchers an emotional attachment. It allowed emotions of interest and the on-edge feeling to surface. It also allowed the plot to thicken and sort of gave the push to move forward into the next scene and moving on from the opening. The increase of volume in the music and the zooming out of the particular part in the scene allowed suspense to build.