The blurring of the lines between diegetic and non-diegetic sound and music in Halo 2 is a powerful technique that, in my mind, makes the sonic material all the more powerful. ❋ Ben Abraham (2009)
I had to look up "non-diegetic", um, and "orchestra" and "musical", plus a lot of other words, but it was worth it. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Rivette accompanies these scenes of potentiality with the film's only non-diegetic sound, a selection of stunning pieces by the Bulgarian women's choir compilation Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, music of such unearthly beauty that it is nearly alien, music that seems to emanate from and yearn for a world far beyond the corporeal plane. ❋ Ed Howard (2009)
The formal properties of cinema are laid bare, as they often are in Godard's films, and the soundtrack is particularly unpredictable, sometimes falling completely silent even when the characters are speaking onscreen, while at other times introducing non-diegetic sound to disrupt the reality of the image. ❋ Ed Howard (2009)
This absurd, non-diegetic intrusion simply passes by without comment, presumably a manifestation of Franz's subconscious, a recognition by him of his own equal status with the beasts, as acknowledged by one of the intertitles: "Man's fate is like that of the beasts." ❋ Ed Howard (2008)
The music on the soundtrack here is properly non-diegetic. ❋ Unknown (2006)
And soundtrack (as in music, or voice-over), which is non-diegetic. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Largely occupying Hopper-esque settings of transience to emphasize the thematic overtones of loneliness, isolation, and thus self-contemplation, we are treated to frequent bouts of manipulated frame rates, saturated colours and aggressively wistful non-diegetic sound. ❋ Unknown (2008)
If you think about it, all of Castle's earlier horror films had been comedic though in a non-diegetic sense; they were genuinely horrific, but comedic in the way he sold them. ❋ Unknown (2007)
His use of music is again stunningly effective, deploying a devilishly cool soundtrack at the most opportune moments – with non-diegetic sound punctuating only the most emotional of scenes, leaving the more ponderous pace of the meandering plot untouched. ❋ Unknown (2007)
The whole film is subtly influenced by the texture of this non-diegetic introduction, which links all the film's modern events to the long-ago pilgrims who once passed through this region. ❋ Ed Howard (2007)
This production had put the beautiful 1 orchestra on stage in an interesting shift on diegetic and non-diegetic sound, and had turned the orchestra pit area into an extension of the stage for the Kit Kat Club scenes: cafe tables, cast coming through and staying in character treating that part of the audience as if they were in the story, etc. complimentary champagne, waitstaff taking drink orders, etc. ❋ Badger (2006)
I have a longish bit regarding diegetic and non-diegetic sound, mostly as the concept relates to musicals, but I'll save that for when I finish it. ❋ Badger (2006)
The only sexual nudity in the film is, as they say, "non-diegetic" -- glimpsed in a stag movie and stage performance that are meant to look ridiculous. ❋ Unknown (2005)
When Fosse filmed "Cabaret", you will recall, he ditched all of the non-diegetic numbers; that is, he only kept the songs that were written to be performed on the stage of the Kit Kat Klub all of Sally's and the Emcee's numbers with the exception of the too-good-to-pass-up "Tomorrow Belongs To Me", which he staged as a song known to all of the Volk. ❋ Unknown (2005)
