Reflections on Sound: Dumbo, Pink Elephant Scene

Critique of the scene:
Listening Modes- This clip uses many semantic, or representational sounds. As the elephants are singing, their trunks turn into trumpets. We can see that the trunks are representing an actual trumpet. The use of this semantic sound is diegetic because the characters and the audience see what is happening and can hear the sound. The source of the sound is both on screen and off screen. We can see the representations of sound but the actual orchestra is not on screen, although is portrayed through the shapes the elephants make. Causal sounds are not used in this clip. If causal sounds were to be used then we would be hearing actual elephant noises.
Gestalt Principle and Illusion- Illusion is not used in this clip because a bountiful amount of sounds are used and overlapped. The sounds blend together. Some of the sounds are illusion though as some of the instruments play one at time as well as some of the sound effect are played one at time. There is a lot of orchestra that uses more than one sound element at a time which is why illusion is not a term that would describe this clip. Figure and ground are used very uniquely because the scene Pink Elephants is in a black space with out a clear representation of spacial boundaries.   As elephants move closer or grow further away the sound mimics these actions by getting louder or softer. The pitch and intensity also change as the appearance of space enlarges or depletes. This is visually done by changing the size of the images.
Overall sound for this clip is important because it is needed to express what is going on as well as add emotion and movement. A few characteristics of this clip include semantic sounds, lack of illusion, and figure and ground.