Sound Clip

This clip of Sherlock Holmes begins with the sound of a fruit machine, this represents Sherlock's chain of thought and he is scrolling through the possible letters that are missing. There is non-digetic sound throughout the clip but some digetic sounds are merged in every now and then. The music begins quiet and at a fairly jumpy tempo. The audience is able to hear lots of different instruments used to make the sound. A guitar or banjo is introduced at approx. 0:11. As the clip proceeds, the music increases slightly. Each time Sherlock analyses the body and the audience is shown a piece of evidence there is a significant note played to highlight the importance of the evidence. The sound is usually a guitar be strum. Some heavier instruments are then introduced when Sherlock is finding out that this woman is a "Serial Adulterer". Drums are lightly being played to add some thickness to the sound. When he removes the woman's ring the audience hear a swooshy noise which emphasized the fact that it was regularly removed, this is the digetic sound. As soon as the audience are shown Sherlock's face, he smiles and the music ends on a single note. The first piece of dialogue is then delivered. Although the whole clip was majority non-digetic, the audience knew exactly what was going on and the music helped them to do so by getting louder throughout and having unique sounds where there was a piece of importance.