The Social Network Scene Script and Sound Critique

 The Social Network Scene 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMeYdSYCC7A

Script:

In terms of sound this scene uses relatively simplistic sound editing. In the scene the viewer experiences both diegetic and non-diegetic sounds. The diegetic being what's going on in the office, the actual dialogue, and the sounds of people moving around, or moving items. The non-diegetic sound is the sound of the ambient/industrial synthesizer in the background that raises and lowers in intensity throughout the scene, depending on the tension of the dialogue. To be more specific, the sound uses the proximity and similarity part of the Gestalt Principle to raise and lower tension between the character of Mark Zuckerberg, and the attorney questioning him. It also raises excitement for the viewer, because this is one of the driving forces of the story, "who really created Facebook?" The scene also mostly uses causal sounds. Specifically it uses literal sounds, things that actually exist in the real world, but are translated over into the diegetic world, such as dialogue between the characters, the sound of paper ripping, the tapping of a pen or pencil, or the sound of it raining outside. Some of these sounds could also be translated as semantic because they're not necessarily exactly what those sounds sound like, but are representational of what it would sound like. These sounds are mostly used for this specific scene to keep a sense of realism to what is going on in the frame. This is based on a true story, so I'm sure they wanted it to be dramatic, but still true to the story. If non-diegetic sound was too overbearing in this scene it would ruin the exchange of dialogue. The non-diegetic sound(the music) adds just enough touch to the scene using proximity and similarity to keep the tension lowering and rising, while not being too over done.