Dream House Deconstruction

Dream house is a film directed by Jim Sheridan starring Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts. The film is based around the psychological state of a man called 'Will Atenton' after his family had been murdered. The plot of the film follows his unravelling of what truly happened that night his family were murder and whether he did it or not.

Diegetic 

• Throughout the film 'Dream House' there was an extensive us of diegetic sounds which occurred both on and off screen.
• Within the sequence above there were several diegetic sounds such as: dialogue, whistling wind, heavy footsteps, flick of the light switch as well as the predominant sound which has the biggest impact in the sequence the thud of an awning falling against the panes of the window
• As for the rest of the film they also use music however this is played within in the scene itself making it diegetic
• An example of the point above is when one of the daughter's were playing 'Fur Elise' by Ludwig van Beethoven on the piano

Non-Diegetic

• The non-diegetic music is a score.
• Score meaning it is original music that has been written specifically to accompany a film in this instance the film, Dream house. 
• The music was composed by John Debney and conducted by Robert Ziegler
• The non-diegetic soundtrack has an eerie tone to it with the use of voice
• Predominant use of strings which adds this underlying tone of eeriness which conjures this haunting and powerful effect when used in the film.
• Build up in music which adds tension

• In the sequence above non-diegetic score music has been used to intensify the unravelling of a person called 'Peter Ward'.
• The non-diegetic music is parallel to the sequence.
• The use of the soft piano playing accompanied by long stringed notes creates an atmosphere that is quite somber but leads the audience to be quite apprehensive for what is to come.