Introduction to sound

1. sound
G322 Key Media Concepts
(TV Drama)

2. • Listen to the sample sequence without the
visuals on screen.
• Identify as many sounds as you can in the
sequence.
Screen Opening sequence of 24 season 8 > 5 minutes

3. Try and categorise the different sounds
that you heard

4. • The diegesisis the world
the characters inhabit.
• If a character can see or hear
something, then it is part of the
diegesis. It is a diegetic
sound.
• If only the audience can see or
hear something, then it is not
part of the diegesis. It is a
non-diegetic sound
The main factor in categorising sound