Sound from Doc Martin.

While watching the Doc Martin clip, I noticed that there was different sound effects played throughout. The first sound which was noticeable was when the water pipe burst. The sound effect used was a hissing noise to make the water seem more powerful when it was released. After the water pipe exploded another sound which was more gentle was played, this sound was the tools being picked up and dropped as the characters tried to fix the pipe their selves in a less hurried manner. Once these sounds were played the phone rang to show a more uncontrollable situation as they rather chose to answer the phone in a crises.

To top this off the dog barking sound was placed straight in as soon as Doc Martin pointed out the dog had somehow appeared. I believe that the dog effect was only played to show a distressed dog as the scene was based on a tragedy. Once the scene was changed to Doc Martin walking up the street with the dog, a light hearted and cheery piano based music was played all the way to the police station. During this walk light sounds were played such as the seagulls calling each other and the wind. These would have been used to give an effect upon the audience of where this village was.

Another light sound was the door ringing as the women walked out, this could have been used to catch the audiences attention as a new character appeared to talk to Doc Martin. While in the police station the piano music only played lightly at the beginning while the conversation started off smoothly, this stopped when the Doctor raised his voice. At the end of this clip after the Doctor finished shouting and left the office, the dog whined. The dog whining can show fear and confusion which impacts the audience as they believe that the tragedy may have ended but something may be leading up to the rising action.

During the Clip of Doc Martin, two different types of sounds were played. These were; Diegetic sound meaning that any sound from whats on screen or off screen plays with what is in the story. But also Non - Diegetic which is sounds played that the characters cannot hear and it does not occur with the story line.

The Diegetic sounds played were the tools moving around, the exaggerated sounds of pillows being ruffled and the cup being placed. The other sounds related was the water pipe bursting. All these were in the beginning scene of Doc Martin to create an atmosphere on the audience to believe that they was there with all the actions happening. Later in the clip the phone started ringing while the sound of a dog barking was played before seeing the dog. This was a tragedy being shown as it built up to the raising action of the next scene. On the next scene the diegetic sounds played was the sea gulls calling to each other as well as the wind, this linked in with the story line because it revealed a scenery and place in which the village was to the audience. The door bell ringing when the new character entered is also counted as it caught the attention of the audiences to wonder who the new character will be. Later on throughout that scene the women calling 'Martin' was counted to make the situation sound bad as he walked over immediately. This keeps the audience on the edges of their seats. Before the walk down to the lady as he passed the school another diegetic sound was played even though this was exaggerated. This is when the teacher begins to cut the paper, even though he was on the other side of the glass, the sound was played gently enough to hear.

While these Diegetic sounds were played, the non - diegetic sounds were played either on individual times or together. The non - diegetic sounds played were at the beginning scene when the shot was bought up upon the characters, this sound would catch attention and let the scene come on smoothly. The same sort of music that was played at the beginning of the scene was also played when the next scene of the Doctor walking down played to keep a light hearted atmosphere with the audience. After the beginning of the clip another sort of non - diegetic sound was played. This sound was a dramatic sound of pianos as the Doc approached the dog. This caused tension within the audience.

Another two types of sound played are Synchronous sound which occurs with the action on the screen, and Asynchronous sound which is sound that occurs off screen.

The synchronous sounds played during the first scene would be when the pipe burst, this gives the water once again a strong affect to create the tragedy. But also another synchronous sound would be when the dog came running in and continued to bark throughout half the scene. During the second scene the women shouting counts as a synchronous sound as it shows the women after.

The asynchronous sounds played during the first scene would be the tools clanging together and being used to fix the pipe, even those these were not seen the audience was able to tell that the pipe was being fixed due to the sound effects. The other sound that was not so important but resembled a busy room would be when the cup was exaggeratedly placed down on the side.  During the second scene, there was more asynchronous sounds being played. These sounds were the seagulls calling each other as well as the wind and the sea. This then sets off the scenery. As well as the sea gulls and the wind effects, when the doctor passes by the school, the sounds of children playing were played. This makes the audience automatically believe the building being shown was a school. This helps the next part which relates the teacher to the doctor as it smoothly goes from one part too another.