MICRO ELEMENTS - 'Sound' experiment with 'Point Break' chasing sequence

From this sound mixing work, I decided to move away from the actual sounds alike those in the movies. I tried my best NOT to make them sound like the original. For this, I used 'Pretty Woman' by Roy Orbison as a non-diegetic soundtrack to the chase. I found that the song creates a new mood to the scene, turning out to be more amusing and funny rather than the serious tension building original. The protagonist's cool character turned into a hilarious joke that screams when a dog got thrown on him. This kind of sound mixing reminds me of contemporary comedy films in which the soundtrack creates irony to the actual action (i.e. 'Finding Dory' when the truck falls into the sea in slow motion; in reality, that scene would have been very shocking, however, the soundtrack was able to make young viewers laugh. Same with 'Deadpool''s opening scene where there was a lovely soundtrack going on in the background while the shot sequence itself proves opposite.).

In conclusion, sound really have a big effect on setting the mood and tone of the story, even more so on the development of scenes and viewer's feeling towards them.