Media and Language - Sound

Question 1

Ways sound communicates

Answer 1

• dialogue
• music
• sound effects

Question 1

Sound in film

Answer 1

• important way media texts communicate
• filmmakers comment that soundtrack should enhance action but not as powerful to be remembered in the film

Question 2

Mood of sound

Answer 2

• music is used to create mood
• analysing texts = how audience’s mood is manipulated through sound

Question 3

Types of Sound

Answer 3

• location sound
• musical score / soundtrack
• dialogue
• sound effects
• voice over
• absence of sound

Question 4

diegetic sound

Answer 4

• sound that comes from within the picture
• characters can hear

Question 5

Non-diegetic sound

Answer 5

• sound that is put on over the picture
• characters are not aware of it