Understanding the purpose of diegetic and non diegetic sound
Sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film: voices of characters sounds made by objects in the story music represented as coming from instruments in the story space ( = source music) Diegetic sound is any sound presented as originated from source within the film's world Digetic sound can be either on screen or off screen depending on whatever its source is within the frame or outside the frame. The Diegetic sound in this scene is off pulp fiction in the scene sam l jackson character Jules goes to gather the debt owed by one of Marcelos Wallaces business partners there is a lot of speech in this scene and objects making noises such as paper rustling briefcases clicking etc these are good for the audience as in the scene the talking creates tension at the start its a calm conversation and towards the end its a tense conversation as Brett a ...