Secret Diary of a Call Girl - Sound

As well as using the camera work and other aspects of production, sound is a very important factor in creating a representation, in this case it is the representation of disability. At the begging of the clip ambient sound of the wheel chair rolling along the carpet can be heard, this directs our attention to the chair straight away, which is of course backed up by the images of the man sitting in the chair. At this stage of the clip there is no sound track, this is to ensure that the audience feel the awkwardness in which the characters are subjected to feeling.

Dialogue is next on the repertoire of sounds in which the audience are to encounter. The dialogue sends off a signal of awkwardness right away as there is some use of phatic talk and the sentences are never fully finished before a reply is handed out. As the action starts to get going, we increasingly hear my ambient sounds, for example when Billy Piper is locking the door, these sounds are delivered to us quite clearly to make the audience aware that this is an important sound. Almost three quarters of the way into the clip a soundtrack now begins to play, the main instrument in which we hear is a harmonica, which is usually associated with the blues, as we are to feel sympathy for the disabled man. This sound is also sound bridged as is takes us from a clip of the father to a clip of Billy and the male.

Some other important sounds:

• Ambient - Rustling of paper, footsteps, the window opening and closing, nature
• Soundtrack - Harmonica song, radio, bib