Friday, 11 November 2016

Sound Exercise



Diegetic/ Non-Diegetic

Diegetic: Refers to the world of the text  e.g. dialogue, sound effects

Non-Diegetic: Refers to everything outside the world of the text e.g. voice overs, soundtrack captions and titles, subtitles

On-screen sound: The audience cant see the source the sound

off-screen sound: Sound enables the extensions of diegetic world

Parallel sound matches the action

Contrapuntal sound does not match the action

Sound bridge

A sound bridge helps create a smooth transition between one scene to another

Pleonastic sound

Pleonastic is exaggerated sound or a tap dripping more loudly than normal in a horror film

Ambient sound

Ambient sound refers to the background sounds which are present in scene or location e.g. wind, water, birds and crowds. Ambient sound is very important in video and film work. It performs a number of functions including:

  • Providing audio continuity between shots 
  • Establishing or reinforcing the mood 
  • Preventing an unnatural silence when no other sound is present  
Matching sound: Any ambient sound recorded to match the sound of a scene 

Wild scene: children playing in a playground. Background noise with distinct sounds 

Buzz track: A general term for ambient sound 

Room tone: The sound of an empty room, or a room in which all the actors are standing silently.

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