Sound

1. EmilyMorris
Sound
Selective sound– Used to emphasisekeysoundelementswithinasequence.
Ambientsound – Createsatmosphere anda sense of place.
Sound bridges– Use of soundto helptransitionsbetweensequencespassmore fluidly.
Sound effects– Use to create a sense of realismorto create some psychological impactoreffect.
Diegetic sound – Everything wesee on screen is a partof diegetic sound.Voicesof characters/sounds
madeby objectsin the story/music coming frominstrumentsin the story.Soundsthatbelong to the
world created.It must’veoriginated froma sourcewithin the film’sworld.
Non-diegeticsound – Sound thatdoesn’toriginatefromsomething in theworld of the film e.g.a
soundtrackovera sceneis non-diegeticbuta radio playing in a film is diegetic becauseit can be
controlled by charactersin the scene.Any narration orvoiceoveris non-diegeticbecauseit’s internal
and notactually a part of the film world.Sound effectsareusually non-diegeticbecausethey are
soundsthat’vebeen added to thefilm instead of originating fromthe film world itself.
Synchronous sound– Whena soundeffectismatchedto an eventoractionto reinforce the effect.
Asynchronoussound – Whena soundoriginatesfromoutside of the diegeticrealityof the filme.g.a
musical soundtrack.
Contrapuntal – Noise orsoundeffectwhichdoesn’tmatchthe visuals,oftenjuxtaposedtocreate
alternative meaning.
Voiceover– Voice of character or narrator
Theme music – Musicthat introduces,developsthroughoutandends the film.Littlemotif
throughoutthe film.
Musical score – Providesatmosphere andlinksshotsorsequences.
Silence – Usedto provoke a reactionfromthe audience.Canbe usedto indicate tensionetc.