Sound - Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Key Features:

• Diegetic Sound 
• Non- Diegetic Sound
• How it fits the genre

Diegetic Sound examples - 

1. Radio Announcer's Dialogue - 0.02
2. Dialogue 0.14
3. Dog Barking and Footsteps - 0.21

The diegetic sound helps to create a realistic sound and setting for the opening. They also in this scenario help to identify the time of day and what is going on. The use of diegetic sound before seeing the characters us effective as it builds up to the character being seen by the audience for the first time. 

Non Diegetic Sound examples - 

•  Music (down beat, relaxing music) 1.58-2.50 

The music is calm and relaxing which is a contrast to the idea of the film it is also ironic as the audience is aware that Ferris is not actually ill. The music makes out that the day will be calm and dull where as it will actually be the complete opposite.

How it fits the genre

The sound conforms to given genre as

• Tone - Irony in which would be recognizable to teenagers and adults alike