Scene Analysis

MUS 2310A 2020: Assignment 1, Part 1 – Scene Analysis Sample
Film 1: Casablanca (1944).
Timing of scene: Opening until just after the end of the Prologue (ends before the scene changes to Rick’s (0:00:00-0:06:30)
1. Identify any and all scene transition types created by music, dialogue or sound effects. Indicate the time at which they
occur.
1. Sound advance from black to Studio logo (music). Occurs at 0:000
2. Sound lag from Main titles to black (music). Occurs at 0:01:08
3. Sound advance from black to Prologue scene 1 (music and dialogue: voice over). Occurs at 0:01:09
4. Sound link during Prologue scene 1 refugee trail (music and dialogue: voice over). Occurs from 0:01:09-0:02:15
5. Sound advance (very brief) from Prologue announcement scene to market round-up (music). Occurs at 0:02:45
6. Sound lag from Prologue market round-up to airport (music). Occurs at 0:05:15
2. Speech elements: dialogue
a. Identify any and all special techniques (voice over, audio dissolve, sweetening…)
1. Voice over is present during the Prologue scene 1 (narration over montage)
3. Sound effects (sfx) elements: ambient sound effects, special sounds effects…
a. Identify any and all special techniques (audio dissolve, sweetening…)
1. Sweetening of telegraph paper sound, sirens and gunshots
2. Stingers during market scene: gunshot, airplane engine.
4. Musical elements:
a. Identify any and all special techniques (audio dissolve, sweetening…)
1. Sweetening of gunshot (stinger chord)
2. Sweetening of reaction to “I’ve been robbed” (stinger chord)
3. Audio dissolve possible from end of narration scene into market place (oboe: nondiegetic to diegetic)