These are key sound terms which will be useful for my film trailer.

1. Sound key terms
Shania Steele

2. Soundtrack
• The recorded sound element of a film

3. Sound effects
• Sounds that are not dialogue or music made artificially .

4. Ambient Sound
• Ambient sound is background sounds which are present in a scene
or location.
• Examples of this include: wind, traffic and birds

5. Dialogue
• This is speech

6. Voiceover
• Narration in a film that is not accompanied by a synchronised
image of a speaker.

7. Direct address
• This is when characters speak directly to the camera.

8. Diegetic sound
• This is sound with an onscreen source.

9. Non-diegetic sound
• Sound that does not have an onscreen source.

10. Sound bridges
• This is sound that continues from one shot to the other. This helps
to create a smooth transition from shots.

11. Parallel sound
• Sound that complements the image track.

12. Contrapuntal Sound
• Sound that does not complement or fit with the image track.