Context – What’s Happening? This is the final confrontation between the hero (Luke) and the villains (Darth Vader & The Emperor). The two villains are intent on winning a victory for the evil ‘Dark Side’ by showing Luke that to triumph his has to use his rage & hate. | Overall Tone / Mood Tense | Director Intentions The director uses diegetic and non-diegetic sound to imply who is winning the fight. | ||
Topics / Focus | Key examples from the text | What meaning (impact) is made? | ||
Diegetic | Dialogue / Vocal
| Luke - calm, quiet tone, grunting noise as he gets Vader to the floor. Darth Vader - Deep, strong, robot voice, heavy and loud breathing, speaks slowly, repeats himself sister Emperor- deep voice, squeaky, patronising tone, gleeful “Boy” | Implies that he is on the good side and is not evil or violent. Relatable to the audience. Implies that he is evil. Exaggerates how he wants him to turn to the dark side. Breathing emphasises he is unhuman like. Disguises his identity Emphasises his joy from the fight scene | |
Ambient Sound
| Lightsaber sound when they clash with each other - hissing, grinding of energy Crash as the balcony falls | Harsh sound emphasises the clash of the two characters. Creates a tense atmosphere. Potential power and death. Emphasises Luke is in danger and could be losing the fight. | ||
Non-Diegetic | Music | Orchestration
| Leitmotif for Luke- calm, melodic, trumpets Leitmotif for Emperor - Male voice choir deep tone Music - beginning, slow Crescendo as Luke is above Loud, quicker music as balcony crashes Deep, slow music as Vader intimidates Luke | As he makes his decision to stay on the good side. During fight scene to imply Luke is losing the fight Suggests there is a potential fight Implies Luke is winning A moment of danger, potential catastrophe Vader tries to intimidate Luke. |