#1 Diegetic Sound Effect

In a movie, diegetic sound can be a very effective way to grab the attention of characters, and also the attention of the audience. At the beginning of The Colour of Money, the conversation between Eddie and his girlfriend is interrupted five times. This is to generally move his attention to the other main character, Vincent Laura. It also makes the audience begin to notice and focus on a new character. The process of the whole transition is done smoothly. When Eddie is chatting with his girlfriend, the first interruption comes in a sudden. Julian touches Eddie's shoulder to lead his attention from his girlfriend to the pool game, which indicates the audience about the other character, Vincent. As Eddie is looking at Vincent, a sharp car horn comes suddenly. This is a non-diegetic sound because it is only shown to the audience. The car horn indicates Eddie's mind and symbolizes the transition of his attention. Also, it is a subtle way to move the camera back to Eddie's scene. Additionally, the second interruption happens when Julian is trying to get the money on the table, while Eddie is astonished and quickly grabs Julian’s hand in a loud and sudden sound. The purpose of this diegetic sound is to tell that Julian is beaten by that young guy, which is a big suprise. The third interruption is Carmen's voice, calling Vincent by name, along with a ball colliding sound. It makes Eddie turns his head to the table curiously. At that time Vincent's face is first shown. When Eddie turns to his girlfriend later, the fourth interruption comes again. Vincent wins the pool games. He shouts like a kid and kisses Carmen. His shouting and the kissing sound are obviously diegetic sound because Eddie turns to them and observes them for a much longer time. This time, he shows the real interest to Vincent, the talented young man who might remind him of his early age. That's why after the fifth interruption, when Eddie hears Carmen's voice again, he cannot sit still anymore. He stands up, and walks to Vincent. Five steps, the director successfully raises Eddie's interest to Vincent, and transfers the audience's attention to the new character from Eddie.

#2 Non-diegetic Sound Effect

 A diegetic music may switch to non-diegetic music to indicate the change of character's moods and feelings. For example, a nice, smoothing bar music is on as Eddie enters the pool game room. This is the first time he decides to play pool game again after so many years. Therefore, the bar music, which is the diegetic music, is very soft and relaxing. The music shows Eddie's happy feeling and his great expectation for pool games. He hopes to give an excellent performance as goog as twenty years ago. With this kind of confidence, Eddie plays his game with a young hustler. He keeps winning at first, just like what he expects. It seems that Eddie is still a skllful and professional player. However, along with the hustler's ball dropping into the pocket, the bar music changes dramatically to non-diegetic music. This is a very loud, sharp interrupting sound played by the guitar, which acts as the turning point of the pool game. Eddie begins to lose, and realizes that he is hustled. After the first shot of the guitar, the music turns down, and becomes diegetic again. This time, the bar music is no longer in a happy tone. Instead, it is a sad music about a man laughing at his ridiculous life, which is like Eddie's state for now. He feels himself like a fool. After the game, he picks the white ball, and drops it down into the pocket. The ball keeps going down, down, down into the system under the table, along with Eddie's heart. At that moment, he feels down and upset like the falling white ball. In a pool game, a person will lose if he hits the white ball into the pocket. The white ball symbolizes losing. After all these years, Eddie still feels like he is a loser. The sound of the ball is so clear, but it should not be heard by characters. In this situation, the sound is neither diegetic nor non-diegetic. Still, the characters can hear a little bit of the ball crashing into the system, but most of the time the sound is imagined by Eddie. It is the sound of his heart filled with disappointment. According to the third scene of the movie, the music keeps changing between diegetic and non-diegetic. Sometimes it does not even belong to diegetic or non-diegetic music. All these changes are for one purpose only. To make the audience feel what a character feels.

早就有科学研究表明，爱情不过是对某些人或事物的多巴胺分泌过剩，进而产生愉悦、幸福的感觉。但是多巴胺不可能随时随地想分泌就分泌，所谓爱情是婚姻的坟墓，说的不过是当人们走入婚姻之后，开始对某些人或事物习以为常，缺少新鲜感的刺激，多巴胺不再持续分泌，这时，就只能靠亲情与责任来维系家庭与婚姻。
这种论调看上去貌似很悲观，但是却很实际，并且在了解婚姻与爱情的本质后，显然更有助于规避问题，加强对家庭与婚姻的责任感，努力地维系幸福。电视剧《爱情万万岁》以中年夫妻花枝俏与金志扬的离婚开场，很显然就是不明白这个道理。但是兜兜转转、阴差阳错的是，花姐老妈按照世俗标准制定的“嫁女儿守则”、“娶媳妇守则”都不能阻止多巴胺与爱情的降临，80后剩女金娜与90后善良废柴金波，终究会用自己的方式理解，婚姻与家庭的真正意义。爱情固然万岁，能够维系一辈子的家庭，却不仅仅只靠多巴胺的作用。
看《爱情万万岁》的过程很轻松，也很愉悦，因为这整出戏并不刻意强调虐心的剧情，虽然各种桥段都在，但是整部剧都保持着一种开心的氛围，哪怕是花姐阴差阳错地把婚离了，也各种花样作死地搅和着儿子和女儿的婚姻大事，但是一家人的关系吵吵闹闹，却始终保持着一种生活的和谐，而不是各种为了虐心而刻意营造出的拧巴桥段。
并且整部戏里的人物虽然并不算深刻，但是都象是从我们身边走出来的，非常鲜活，并不强求完美。就拿刘涛饰演的大姐金娜来说，在母亲的威逼下离了婚，以30岁剩女的姿态，却自然吸引到嚣张富二代与踏实凤凰男的你争我夺。从情感上来说，她早就对吴所谓心有所属，但是李上的真诚和大胆却让她无法开口拒绝。从片花中可以看出，故事发展的走向，特别是在这对三角关系上，多少还是有些迂回的，但是这只是为了表现生活的复杂性，金娜终究还是会回到更加踏实可靠的吴所谓身边，这无关多巴胺，而是责任感与家庭的呼唤。
叶祖新饰演的90后善良废柴很有特点，他想法很多，但是年轻人的天性和父母姐姐的娇惯注定了，他恒心不够，无论是面对工作、生活还是爱情。但是他与朱丽娅的一夜定情，还有闪婚，也表现出他的善良。闪婚之后小两口一道对抗父母，携手面对人生的风风雨雨，最终使金波成长，也更坚固了这个小家庭。
凯丽大姐若干年前曾经是《渴望》里逆来顺受的小媳妇，到了现在，则成了刀子嘴豆腐心，花样作死的花枝俏花妈妈，这是时代审美的变化，也是戏剧冲突的必需。因为她对儿女的一片苦心得不到正确的回应，所以才产生了剧集里那么多琐碎、真实，充满生活质感的冲突矛盾，让人看完之后，会突然想念自己的母亲，以及跟金波、金娜一样阳奉阴违，却又深深爱着母亲的种种往事。
《爱情万万岁》并没有多么炫目的高概念剧情，只是娓娓道来，细致认真地描绘着普通人的生活，他们对爱情、亲情、家庭、婚姻的不同看法，以及因此而产生的矛盾，还有最终解决矛盾，必须共同携手并肩继续走下去的温馨故事。但是恰恰是这种琐碎中的平淡，写实里的温情，让人喜欢！