Sound - Zodiac Scene

Sound

- music on car radio; diegetic sound; sets the scene of 60's time period (audience knows it is from the car as it cuts to the woman sitting in the car, waiting for a man)

- "how can people have no fears"; lyrics anchor with the narrative of the film

- jump scare; firecrackers; false sense of security for the audience (combined with the actors laughing and joking around about them)

- silence, possibly just one or two words from the actors: then loud gun shots that shock the audience

- music on the radio is emphasized now; non-diegetic music; same song from the radio but now much louder (as the couple are being killed)

- diegetic sounds from the cars; ambient sounds coming from the neighbourhood when the woman is driving around

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