Non-Diegetic Sound
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As mentioned, the most common uses of
non-diegetic sounds in romantic comedies are charted pop songs from the year
that the specific film was produced.
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Using more upbeat songs reflects the genre of
the movie whereby they are designed to be light hearted, romantic and comical
and thus the fast, higher pitched music reflects this mood.
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By using popular chart hits, the movie becomes
more relatable for their target audience, which are usually young adults,
particularly females.
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For the build up of the impending ‘Break-up’
scene, often slower and gloomier music, often scored piano rifts, are played to
reflect the current mood and creating a sense of dramatic irony for the
audience.
No Strings Attached, 2011, build up to the break-up using gloomy diegetic sound
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However, for the break-up scenes themselves,
usually no music is used to in order to make the scene seem more real and
relatable to and also, to build up the tense atmosphere usually associated with
a break up.
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In many romantic comedies, there are also voice-overs
used to narrate the story from outside of the protagonists’ points of view. These can be comical for the target audience
as they can relate to children’s fairy tales, whereby there is always a
happy ending.
Diegetic Sound
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Diegetic sounds used in Romantic Comedies are
usually mundane sounds such as doorbells or car horns from passing traffic.
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The sound is added after filming has taken place
to ensure that the actors can be clearly heard during the takes themselves.
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Due to the realism portrayed by romantic
comedies, few diegetic sounds are used; these sounds are more common in the
action and horror genres to recreate explosions or possessions, for example.
What Happens in Vegas – 2008
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The YouTube clip features the trailer to the
2008 romantic comedy, What Happens in Vegas.
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SYNOPSIS
– in accordance with IMDB: A man and a woman are compelled, for legal
reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a
large amount of money.
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The
trailer itself uses the stereotypical narrative perspective, with an unrelated
character describing the story to the viewer.
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Movie Poster
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This
makes the movie seem as a fairy tale, with the falling in love of two
characters and an inevitable happy ending.
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This
style also creates a sense of Dramatic Irony for the audience, as the viewers
know there will be a happy ending before the characters in the movie do.
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Using
narration poses as a humorous outlook on the film, particularly since romantic
comedies are light hearted and not to be taken seriously, compared to horrors
and action movies which thrive on this.
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Another
successful example of voice-over narration is the 2009 romantic comedy, Bride
Wars, whereby the wedding planner, Marion St. Claire, narrates the film
throughout.
Trainwreck – 2015
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Trainwreck
is a 2015 romantic comedy about a girl afraid of commitment but must risk her
heart after she meets the rare ‘good-guy’.
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Movie Poster
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This
film conforms to common conventions of romantic comedies as featuring in the
film and the trailer is a recent (2013) pop song performed by an upcoming boy
Band.
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The
song is ‘I’m Ready’ by New York City trio of brothers, AJR.
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The
repetition of the lyrics ‘I’m Ready’ represent the protagonist, Amy Schumer’s,
personality, whereby she is not prepared for commitment with any guy that she dates.
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Although
the song is not recent from the year that the film is released, it is still a
new pop-song in terms of the industry and thus, conforms to the common
representation.
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The
use of a current pop song in such films makes the movie more relatable to its
target audience, promising light-hearted humour and an enjoyable film.
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