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1. Sounds
Selectivesound
Is usedto emphasisekeysoundelementswithinasequence,eg.Screechof acar.
AmbientSound
Is usedto create a particularatmosphere ora sense of place.
SoundBridges
The use of soundto helptransitionsbetweensequencespass more fluidly.
Sound Effects
Are used to create a sense of realism or used to create some psychological impact or effect.
Diegetic sound
Soundwhose source usvisible onthe screenorwhose source isimpliedtobe presentbythe actionof
the film.
 Voices of characters
 Sounds made by objects in the story
 Music represented as coming from instruments in the story space.
Non-Diegetic sound
This is the background music or other things that you can’t see and you can’t see the source of the
sound. Sounds will be amplified to add emphasis.
 Voice overs
 Sound effects
 Narrators
Synchronous sound
This is when a sound effect is matched with another technical event or action – this reinforces the
effect.
Asynchronous sound
Thisiswhenthe soundoriginatesfromthe outsideof adiegeticrealityof the film;musical soundtrack.
Contrapuntal
Noise or sound effect which doesn’t match the visuals, often juxtaposed to create an alternative
meaning.
Voiceover
This isthe ‘voice’of a character. This voice oftenguidesorinformsthe external audience butcan be
used to push them in wrong narrative directions.

2. Theme music
Thisisthe musicthatintroduces,developsthroughoutandthe film.Itoftenindicatesthe ‘personality’
and the mode of address of the movie. Characters can have their own theme music, this is used to
indicate their presence of emotional journey.
Musical score
Used to create atmosphere to link shots or sequences.
Silence
This effect is occasionally used to provoke a reaction from the audience.