Music, Sound, Space and Time Flashcards
term borrowed from literary theory to refer to the world of the narrative, the screen world or world of the film (what the characters hear)
also called “source music”
example:
Diagetic music
catch me if you can music from the radio
level of narration: voice-over narration, underscoring (what the audience hears and the characters do not)
example:
non-diegetic music
Sleepless in Seattle, the music heard throughout the “second botched meeting “scene
diagetic and non-diagetic levels can interact with other _______
sonic spaces
refers to the part of the film world that is within the camera’s frame at any particular moment
onscreen sounds/music
whatever part of the filmic world we cannot see in the frame but may already have seen or may imaginatively project from the part that we can see.
offscreen
the music played or sung within a scene
give an example
diagetic-onscreen music
band music played in the cantina in star wars: a new hope
piano playing we see and hear in Casablanca
music from carls radio in catch me if you can
music played from within a source within the film world, but not visible to the audience
diagetic-offscreen music
characters can hear it but audience does not see where the source is
used for a remembered music
in pride and prejudice. Mr. Darcy remembers elizapeth at the piano and hears the music she had played earlier in the film. she remembers and hears her sister singing and the music from a party when reflecting on past events.
Non-diagetic-onscreen music
we hear it but t someone else on the screen would not. example
inner soundtrack
the secret life of walter mitty
a musical parallel to voice-over within a scene (non-diagetic on screen)
emma has numerous examples of in -scene voice over by the main character
the typical space/level combination for the underscore and voice-over. we hear it, but the characters do not. Nor is there a physical source for the music within the narrative.
-operates on the same level as voice-over narration
nondiegetic-offscreen music
______ can also be diegetic or nondiegetic as in citizen kane opening sequence
silence
instances with no diologue, sound effects or _______ music because there is no source for them in the film world.
diegetic silence
when the underscore falls silent
nondiegetic silence
sound offscreen. localizable as an object that could be shown but is not— that is, the sound suggests an object that is more than simply background noise
-give examples
sound-off
- footsteps
- telephone
- NOT ambient sounds
diagetic music that leads us to a location. Film world source for the music that we hear before we see the source of the sound.
music as sound-off
- the broadway melody
- casablanca
a special case of sound-off, offscreen sound that highlights the voice
voice-off
these function as links to places and characters. we hear them before we see them, thus they can seem important right from the start
onscreen and offscreen sounds
sound rendered from the perspective of a character in the film.
- diegetic sound
- source is off-screen
- when certain parts of a conversation are clearly audible while others are not, giving the impression that we hear what the characters hear from their point of view
- give an example
point of view sound
conversation in sleepless in seattle switches points of view
a special case of point of view sound: the sound track presents what a character is hearing in his or her head
-give examples
imagine sound
- in Emma, flashback sequences, internal monologue
- in Ammadeus, when mozart is composing the music in his head or Salieri is “hearing” the music while reading the score
a special kind of character who exists in the diegetic space but is placed consistently offscreen. being heard, but not seen, such as a character defined wholly in terms of diegetic sound.
-give examples
Acousmetre/Acoustical being
- the wizard in The Wizard of Oz.
- sauron in LOTR
- shark in Jaws
a transition to song and dance in which diegetic accompaniment becomes nondiegetic or is sweetened by nondiegetic elements
- typical of musicals
- used in narrative films as a way into an idealized world: from the mundane to the song and dance world.
audio dissolve
close synchronization within a shot or short series of shots, where music closely mimics screen action, cartoon style, blurring the boundary between music and sound effects/ often a “slap stick” effect
-give an example
mickey-mousing
-the court jester or the princess bride feature duel scene in which the music is closely synchronized with each move of the two fighters.
sound effect rendered so that is seems to violate the conditions of versimilitude through increasing volume above expected levels, adding unmotivated distortion and otherwise altering the expected timbre.
- also the alteration of sound through the use of overdubbing
- what are a particularly effective “sweetening” tool
- give an example
- sweetening
- stinger chords
- when rick sees ilsa for the first time (non-diagetic music that highlight the emotional importance of the moment.
a smooth transition between shots (or scenes) by means of different kinds of overlaps. Vs. Hard cut (abrupt sound, image change).
sound bridge
a type of sound bridge where we hear a sound before we see its associated images
-give an example
sound advance
- sleepless in seattle. dialogue from the next scene is heard before we see the characters. common of woody allen films
sound from one scene lingers over as we see images from the next. often heard when the music for the Main titles continues into the first scene.
sound lag
the use of sound to bridge a series of cuts transforming what might otherwise seem to unrelated shots.
-give example
- sound link
- the final scenes in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi when the images shows various locations (worlds) but the music is constant
- emmas line continues across the scene cut
sound belonging to one scene followed by a similar or identical sound belonging to the next scene
-give examples
sound match
- Jurassic park II transition from the island to Jeff Goldblum, a scream in one scene is matched by a screeching subway car in the next
- Eater parade “i love the piano”
