Sound Tasks

Ocean's Thirteen

The scene uses both digetic and non-digetic sound to successfully tie in with the mischievous activities of the bank robbers. The digetic sounds include the dialogue and on-screen sound effects.The soundtrack is an example of parallel sound as the character's dialogue suits the funk/rock music,as his attempt to distract the owner is humorous. The scene also uses intertextuality as the characters costume and fabricated profession is a reference to Evel Knievel, an American stunt performer. Ultimately the characters impression in this scene suits the soundtrack as funk/rock music was usually associated with conventions such as stunt performers and entertainers in casinos and other eventful places. This also applies for the other characters in the blue jumpsuits, as they also make funny remarks which go with he music. Interestingly the volume of the music increases after to make the sexual innuendo evident to the audience. However, the sound effects e.g the typing, makes the characters seem cunning, and in turn makes the music contrapuntal as they are clearly the antagonists. Iconography such as hacking into computers would usually be associated with a suspenseful action movie soundtrack. Since the movie is a hybrid between crime and comedy, parallel and contrapuntal sound is used to make the movie more effective. Sound bridges are also used to overlap the soundtrack in both scenes. This also reinforces the genres of the movie as the same soundtrack creates a troublesome yet playful mood in two scenes that contrast each other.