Sounds from Emily Rose: The Last Exorcism

It starts off with eerie music and flashes of Emily Rose when she was ‘normal’, this evokes the idea to the audience that she is not always going to be this way and is going to change from an average girl into something else. This is a non-diegetic sound as the audience cannot see what is making that noise an gives the audience a sense of suspense.

Then it plays a real audiotape of the real exorcism and the noises she is making. This gives makes the audience feel scared as it is actually showing the audience what Emily Rose was like when she was possessed by the devil. This is a diegetic sound as it makes sense what you are seeing and you know what it is about. Also it is a parallel sound as you are told that the exorcism is taking place and you can hear the real audio sounds from it. This makes the movie feel more realistic and gives another sense of fear to the audience.

The diegetic sound of Emily Rose's jaw clicking creates a ora of suspense created around her as the audience doesn't know what is causing this but it also creates a sense of pain and sympathy towards her as the audience feel she is the victim within the film. This is unusual within a thriller as normally the main character does not get any sympathy or seen to be the victim from the audiences point of view as they are normally judging the main character at this time.