Diegetic sound is the sound that originates from within the film's narrative, the characters can hear diegetic sound and respond to it. This could include background/ambient sounds, instrumental sounds or sounds made by objects (for example a ticking clock) and dialogue.
This scene used diegetic sound very effectively, the diegetic sound is deliberately included to exaggerate certain key narrative points. The diegetic sound of gun shots is used to immediately prove how dangerous the location is, it builds tension within the audience and allows them to feel scared. These gun shot sounds show that the location is likely to be in a war zone of some sort and that this may be relevant to the film's plot or tell the audience a bit more about a character/lifestyle. The dialogue shows the characters whispering which emphasises the suspense even more and implies that the soldiers are trying to sneak around without being heard, this implies to the audience that a wider threat or an enemy is present as the soldiers are being deliberately quiet in order to avoid them, because the audience know that something/someone else is there, they are gripped and on the edge of their seats because they are wanting to know what will happen. There is no non diegetic music in the background which emphasises the importance of the diegetic sounds going on in the scene. The sound of the soldiers running and moving around in the dark and some smashing/clunking sounds are used. These sounds are used to signify the importance of their movements and because the lighting in the scene is quite low key, sounds like these are important to inform the audience of what is properly going on. The smashing glass sound emphasises violence and the derelict/damaged location that the soldiers are in, violence and rundown locations like this are stereotypical of war films as they both give connotations of war and a instability. The dialogue gets louder when they begin the raid and there is lots of shouting in a foreign language that sounds shocked and worried. This shows that the location is likely to be in a foreign country where there is a significant amount of violence, maybe terrorism. The increase in the sound of the diegetic dialogue emphasises and increase in excitement and encourages the audience to anticipate what will happen next. The diegetic screaming sound is used to provoke fear within the audience. Screaming gives connotations of fear or pain and therefore it is used to indicate that this specific scene in the film is meant to be scary. One character shouts "3 children, 3 children" which is a very significant line in the script and shows that children may potentially be in danger which is always seen as an unfair and terrible thing because children are too young to deserve to be involved in violence or war. This line is used to provoke a worried and fearful emotional response in the audience. The diegetic sound of heavy breathing from one of the characters is included over a very dark shot, this increases tension as the audience don't know what is going to happen or if anything will appear from within the darkness. The sound of the gunfire is louder than the dialogue of the characters panicking, this could imply that the situation is almost hopeless for the characters because their voices have been displayed as less important. The gun shots are displayed to be too much for the characters and begin suddenly and the characters have to get to safety or fight back as quickly as they can.
Often films use a range of diegetic and non-diegetic sounds to help emphasise the narrative or significance of something in the films plot or to make it more realistic. Sometimes using one or the other is more effective as it grips the audience more.
