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Music is not only part of the narrative but also part of the space of the film, or its spacial reality. The journal article by James Batch, “The Sonic Lifeworld: A Phenomenological Exploration of the Imaginative Potential of Animation Sound” explores the role of music in films. Diegetic sound is physically present in the narrative, while non-diegetic is in the exterior, but we could think of it as specially present. The author says that music should not just legitimize the narrative, but also connect the character to the setting, thus connecting the audience to the character. This article, since it is talking about animated films, speaks mostly to sound effects of footsteps for example, but these ideas can also be used while talking about live action films. In my previous research the studies have said that music helps the audience connect to the character, meaning that the normal every day sounds like footsteps can legitimize the narrative but are just as important for making the story more relatable as non-diegetic music. 

This article has made me think more about the “space” of the film, the space it is in and the space different elements can create. Hopefully by exploring this idea more it will add another dimension to my paper and show that music can transcend all: the reality of the audience and the fiction of what is on screen, connecting them both. this article is credible because it is in a professional journal and sites and quotes other outside, credible sources.