Sound

Sound is very important in film and TV programmes. It is 50% of your film experience.

Diegetic Sound is sound whose source is visible on the screen, such as dialogue, whereas Non-Diegetic Sound is sound that comes from nothing within the field of vision and has been added on afterwards.

Other sound definitions include-

Sound Motif- A sound associated with a character or with a place, e.g humming of machinery associated with a factory. A character may have a particular musical figure that plays when they appear.

Direct Address- This is when a narrator or character speaks directly to the audience, not to characters within the scene.  This technique means the characters interacts with their audience. 

Here's an example of this taken from the popular TV show Miranda, starring Miranda Hart-

 Here Miranda directly speaks to the camera and also turns to looks at the camera, making it more comical.

Score- This is music composed, arranged and played specifically for the production.

Incidental Music- This is non-diegetic music that accompanies events or changes of scenes.

Themes- This is music that always accompanies a particular programme or even a particular character and suits its mood. 

Voice-over- This is where a voice from the outside the scene gives the audience information. Often the voice tells us the story and may be a character within the story. In TV programme Desperate Housewives, a character is the narrator even though she is not alive. 

Sound Bridge- This is where the sound, either non-diegetic or diegetic, continues across one or more transitions or cuts. 

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