After reading "Narrative Complexity in Contemporary American Television" by Jason Mittell and after our class discussion on Tuesday, September 15th, I was most intrigued by the idea of non-diegetic music and its influence on visual narrative. Non-diegetic music is the music playing that the characters of the narrative are unable to hear, or the background music. The non-diegetic music of any visual narrative can greatly influence the mood itself. Happy music is usually playing during a happy scene. Sad music is typically playing during a sad scene. Dramatic music plays during a dramatic scene, and so on. What happens, however, when the non-diegetic music does not match up with the intended emotion of the narrative?

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