Non-Diegetic Sound Inspiration

Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd

• The lyrics regard the frontman’s breakdown due to drug misuse and schizophrenia, bandmates could “still feel his presence at Abbey Road. Or maybe it was his absence – the absence from Pink Floyd, from reality, from himself”. The concept album “Wish You Were Here” illustrates the difference

between the bands success and happiness contrasted to the strained camaraderie they faced with fame and focus on themselves/money. The song itself deals with seeing the singer as so mentally unable, detached and disengaged from the world. This is similar to the feelings I want to portray in my film: the music itself can create such feelings in audiences therefore a similar tone is important in my film.

• The emotive, acoustic melody in this song links to the soft beginning of the voice-over I will include. Its peaceful nature juxtaposes with the natural feelings you feel of distance and loss when listening.

Prelude (The Wall Work in Progress) - Pink Floyd 

• From another Pink Floyd concept album, it is important for the music to build up emotion and pace to make the feelings in listeners gradually build with the revealing of the message. I will incorporate this pace building in my film with the backing music.

• The piece begins with extracts of an old-fashioned, radio style sound, seeming reminiscent of an old-fashioned time that seems alien and fictional to modern listeners. I would like to portray a feeling of nostalgia in audiences who have not experienced a 1960’s lifestyle as a form of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to self-actualise – a sense of culture will make the film more enjoyable.

Chapel of Love - The Dixie Cups

• Despite the romantic and sweet tone, this song can be manipulated to be sombre/haunting due to the melodic, repetitive chorus. The historic context and sound of the song creates a feeling of “looking back” – I feel that my musician creating a background piece that sounds like it’s from a different era will enhance the narrative of recall and looking back on emotional events.

• The lyrics can be interpreted, in the case of my character, to be obsessive.