Key Words - Mise-en scene, Sound and Editing

Question 1

Term: Colour

Answer 1

Used to create mood and convey meaning.

Question 2

Term: Setting

Answer 2

Includes the location, be it an exterior, interior, a real place or a specially built set on a soundstage or on location.

Question 3

Term: Props

Answer 3

Items used both in exterior and exterior locations, e.g. pictures on a wall, spectacles, etc.

Question 4

Terms: Costume, hair and make-up

Answer 4

Physical appearance of characters on set.

Question 5

Term: Staging

Answer 5

How characters and objects are positioned within the frame.

Question 6

Term: Diegetic sound

Answer 6

Sound that the characters can hear.

Question 7

Term: Non-diegetic sound

Answer 7

Sound that does not come from the actual world of the narrative.

Question 8

Term: Pleonastic sound

Answer 8

Sound that is exaggerated, e.g. a dripping tap.

Question 9

Term: Breaking the fourth wall (non-diegetic)

Answer 9

When a character stops interactive/other characters to talk to the audience. This dialogue is then non-diegetic.

Question 10

Term: Parallel sounds

Answer 10

Sounds that complement the images on screen.

Question 11

Term: Contrapuntal sounds

Answer 11

Sounds that contract with the images on screen.

Question 12

Term: Synchronous sound

Answer 12

Contribute to the realism of film as the sounds heard match the actions on screen.

Question 13

Term: Asynchronous sound

Answer 13

Sound effects that are not matched with a visible source of the sound on screen.

Question 14

Term: Cut

Answer 14

A straight image from one image to another with nothing in between.

Question 15

Term: Fade

Answer 15

When the picture emerges out of, or disappears into, black or white. It is used most often at the end of a major scene or act.

Question 16

Term: Dissolve

Answer 16

When one image overlaps another (when one image slowly fades as the other emerges from it) to signal the start of a new scene. This can represent time passing or to represent a connection between two characters.

Question 17

Term: Continuity of narrative

Answer 17

Time appears in a linear form.

Question 18

Term: Discontinuity of narrative

Answer 18

The story is presented in a non-linear manner, e.g. reversed narrative or disrupted by flashbacks.

Question 19

Term: Flashbacks

Answer 19

Usually used to fill in the back-story of characters.

Question 20

Term: Flashforwards

Answer 20

Known also as prolepsis, they move the action from the present to the future.

Question 21

Term: Dreams/fantasies

Answer 21

Sometimes inserted into a narrative to offer insights into a character’s emotion state or to shed light onto the past.