The document discusses various concepts in sound design for film including different types of sounds like ambient noise, dialogue, and sound effects. It defines diagetic vs non-diagetic sounds and external vs internal diagetic sounds. It also discusses parallel vs contrapuntal sound and how silence is used in films. Students are tasked with continuing to write an essay analyzing the sound design of at least two scenes from a film by applying these sound design concepts and answering questions about how specific sounds are used to create mood, tension, and realism.

1. Sound Design

2. Last week we learnt about sound design
What different types of sound are there?

3. What is ambient noise (or atmosphere)?
All the sounds that make up the background noise of the films world (eg. a
street, the woods, a hotel lobby)

4. What is dialogue?

5. What are sound effects (SFX)?
Specific sounds that are synced to the video in post-production.

6. Diagetic Vs Non-diagetic: what’s the difference?

7. What is external diagetic sound?

8. What is internal diagetic sound?

9. Parallel Vs. Contrapuntal sound: what is the
difference?

10. How do we use silence in films?

11. This week
You are going to continue working on your
written essay, applying everything you have
learnt over the last few week to analyse the
sound design of at least 2 scenes from a film.

12. Task 1:
Working alone, log on to Moodle and read the brief for soundtrack
assignment 1: Noise & Light.
Working alone, continue to write your assignment, analysing
at least 2 examples to draw out your meaning.

13. Plenary
1. How is sound used to build tension?
2. How is sound used to create realism?
3. How important is sound in telling the story?
4. How are sound effects used in the scene?
5. What mood is the sound design trying to create for the audience?
How have they achieved this?
6. What different diagetic, internal diagetic, external diagetic & non-
diagetic sounds are there in the scene? How are they all used?
7. How does the scene use contrapuntal and parallel sound.
8. How is silence used in the scene?