2. Non – diegetic sound
• Noises that you can hear but you can’t see.
• It’s possibly edited in to the source that you can hear.
• This is different to diegetic sounds because diegetic sound are sounds
that you can hear and see on the screen without it being edited in.
For example, if a man was walking on crunchy leaves, you’d be able to
hear and see him it at the same time.
• I could use non-diegetic sound in my radio news broadcast if I wanted
to do a report about the weather forecast. I could have a live reporter
tune in from where there is bad weather (for example, thunder and
lightning) and then edit the sounds of thunder and lightning into my
radio broadcast.
3. Silence
• Silence is usually used in media sources to create suspense or build
up a climax / crescendo.
• However silence can also be used for funny reasons, for example
awkward silences, or they can be used at the beginning of a music
video/film/radio broadcast to show the audience that something is
about to take place.
• I can use silence in my radio broadcast to make my broadcast sound
more realistic. For example, I could say “and now I’m handing this
over to Sara for a live broadcast from Surrey”, followed by silence, and
then say “Sara are you there?”. After this, the reporter could continue
with the news broadcast.
4. Voice / speech
• Voice / speech is used in almost every form of media.
• Voice / speech is usually used in radio broadcasts to communicate
and spread a message across a mass audience.
• Without voice and speech, people won’t understand what is going on
in a radio broadcast
• In my radio broadcast I will have to use voice and speech to get news
and local news across to my target audience.
5. Music
• Music is often used in radio stations that play music to entertain their
audience.
• However music can also be used in a live radio broadcast. For
example, using background music whilst interviewing Beyoncé. It can
also be used for an outro to the show/radio show to tell the audience
that the broadcast is about to finish/ is finishing.
• I could use music in my radio broadcast as an outro song or as
background music if I’m interviewing someone.
6. Jingle
• A jingle could be used for adverts or shows.
• It’s a sound that is used so that the producer’s target audience can
recognise where the sound is from immediately.
• I could use this at the beginning of every broadcast to let my audience
know that the news broadcast is about to start.
• This way they will remember where this sound is from, where they
last heard it and it will persuade them to stay tuned into the radio
channel to find out more information.
