Sound Research

Sound can represent social groups in various ways: 

• Language and accent of a character 
• Use of music can tell you about a character 
• Ambient sound can suggest the setting 

KEY: 

• DIEGETIC – all sound which characters can hear and originates from the films diegesis. 
• NON-DIEGETIC – all sound added in that characters can’t hear and doesn’t belong to the films diegesis. 
• DIEGESIS – constructed/fictional film or TV word which we see in films and tv. 
• SYNCHRONOUS SOUND – sound where the origin can be seen on screen. 
• ASYNCHRONOUS SOUND – sound where the origin can’t be seen. 
• PLEONASTIC SOUND – exaggerated sounds which match an image. 
• VOICEOVER – when dialogue spoken by a narrator or character is heard by the audience while they see an image but the character isn’t speaking. 
• AMBIENT SOUND – background sounds of everything going on around a character while they’re speaking. 
• DIALOGUE – speech spoken by characters (language, tone, accent, volume, pitch). 
• SOUND BRIDGE – sound which continues across one or more cuts/scenes. 
• SOUND MOTIFS – sounds which are associated with a certain character or setting/location. 
• FOLEY – artificial sound created in a studio to replicate real sounds e.g. footsteps, punches. 
• PARALLEL SOUND – sound that matches an image. 
• CONTRAPUNTAL SOUND – sound that goes against an image. 
• SOUND MIX – the way different sounds in a scene are mixed together. 
• DIRECT ADDRESS – when the actor speaks directly to the camera.