Music, Sound, Space and Time

Question 1

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:

Answer 1

Diagetic music

catch me if you can music from the radio

Question 2

level of narration: voice-over narration, underscoring (what the audience hears and the characters do not)

example:

Answer 2

non-diegetic music

Sleepless in Seattle, the music heard throughout the “second botched meeting “scene

Question 3

diagetic and non-diagetic levels can interact with other _______

Answer 3

sonic spaces

Question 4

refers to the part of the film world that is within the camera’s frame at any particular moment

Answer 4

onscreen sounds/music

Question 5

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.

Answer 5

offscreen

Question 6

the music played or sung within a scene

give an example

Answer 6

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

Question 7

music played from within a source within the film world, but not visible to the audience

Answer 7

diagetic-offscreen music

characters can hear it but audience does not see where the source is

Question 8

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.

Answer 8

Non-diagetic-onscreen music

Question 9

we hear it but t someone else on the screen would not. example

Answer 9

inner soundtrack

the secret life of walter mitty

Question 10

a musical parallel to voice-over within a scene (non-diagetic on screen)

Answer 10

emma has numerous examples of in -scene voice over by the main character

Question 11

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

Answer 11

nondiegetic-offscreen music

Question 12

______ can also be diegetic or nondiegetic as in citizen kane opening sequence

Answer 12

silence

Question 13

instances with no diologue, sound effects or _______ music because there is no source for them in the film world.

Answer 13

diegetic silence

Question 14

when the underscore falls silent

Answer 14

nondiegetic silence

Question 15

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

Answer 15

sound-off

• footsteps
• telephone
• NOT ambient sounds

Question 16

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.

Answer 16

music as sound-off

• the broadway melody
• casablanca

Question 17

a special case of sound-off, offscreen sound that highlights the voice

Answer 17

voice-off

Question 18

these function as links to places and characters. we hear them before we see them, thus they can seem important right from the start

Answer 18

onscreen and offscreen sounds

Question 19

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

Answer 19

point of view sound

conversation in sleepless in seattle switches points of view

Question 20

a special case of point of view sound: the sound track presents what a character is hearing in his or her head
-give examples

Answer 20

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

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Acousmetre/Acoustical being

• the wizard in The Wizard of Oz.
• sauron in LOTR
• shark in Jaws

Question 22

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.

Answer 22

audio dissolve

Question 23

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

Answer 23

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.

Question 24

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

Answer 24

• sweetening
• stinger chords
• when rick sees ilsa for the first time (non-diagetic music that highlight the emotional importance of the moment.

Question 25

a smooth transition between shots (or scenes) by means of different kinds of overlaps. Vs. Hard cut (abrupt sound, image change).

Answer 25

sound bridge

Question 26

a type of sound bridge where we hear a sound before we see its associated images
-give an example

Answer 26

sound advance

- sleepless in seattle. dialogue from the next scene is heard before we see the characters. common of woody allen films

Question 27

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.

Answer 27

sound lag

Question 28

the use of sound to bridge a series of cuts transforming what might otherwise seem to unrelated shots.
-give example

Answer 28

• 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

Question 29

sound belonging to one scene followed by a similar or identical sound belonging to the next scene
-give examples

Answer 29

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”