Sound analysis - Eat, Pray, Love (2010)

Sound analysis of 'Eat, Pray, Love'

Sound	Description	Effect
Diegetic	People cheering from a foreign country. The diegetic music mainly throughout the trailer goes in sync with the voice over and often the music also.	The audience are aware that it’s a light hearted film, it’s happy and evokes a positive reaction.
Non-diegetic	Begins with an upbeat tune of a guitar. Slowly builds up to an upbeat song (Florence and the machine).	The guitar again suggests the film is light hearted and casual. The use of the song is to slowly build up the tension as the events unfold in the trailer.
Dialogue	There is a lot of dialogue used in the trailer e.g. ‘When some guy who yes looks like a little like Yodi hands you a prophecy, you have to respond.’ The dialogue is mainly from the main round female character but does show to be from the multiple other flat characters surrounding her.	It allows the audience to acknowledge the story line and begin to piece together what is happening. It also develops the opinion of the main female character as it is evident she goes through a change.
Voice over	The voice over is mainly of the female character and slightly of the Asian man at the beginning. The voice over also goes in sync with the diegetic music also. Most of the dialogue is the female character telling her story to the audience.	Similarly to the dialogue, the audience are becoming more informed about the main character and her story she is telling.
Change in tempo, feeling or action	The sound really helps show the change in feeling as the trailer begins with the sound of the guitar and swiftly changes to an upbeat and well known song.	The audience are well aware that there is a shift in the character as the music changes to the song. The song builds up a tension to the point of the climax in the characters life and then is unravelled. The music helps show the change in position for the character and how she overcame her problems.