Sound

Question 1

soundtrack

Answer 1

everything audience hears during film

- 3 parts : dialogue, music, and sound effects

Question 2

Score

Answer 2

music composed for a specific film

Question 3

Pitch

Answer 3

the frequency of sound vibrations affect pitch and respectively produce an effect of “high” or “low” sound

Question 4

Timbre

Answer 4

the harmonic components of sound that give it a certain “color” or tone quality.

Question 5

3 Types of Sound in Cinema

Answer 5

Speech
Music
Noise (sound effects)

Question 6

Contrapuntal Sound

Answer 6

sound that works against what we see on the screen

Question 7

Sound Bridge

Answer 7

used to connect, or bridge, two more shots, it establishes continuity of place, action, or time

Question 8

Sound Hierarchy

Answer 8

relative priority given to dialogue, effects, and music in a given scene
- dialogue = most important

Question 9

Diegetic Sound

Answer 9

• sound that has a source in the story world

Question 10

Nondiegetic Sound

Answer 10

represented as coming form a source outside the story world

voice over- narration

Question 11

2 kinds of diegetic sound

Answer 11

external diegetic sound

internal diegetic sound

Question 12

dialogue makes meaning through 3 things

Answer 12

text , the line reading, and subtext

the words, the way they’re read, and the silver lining

Question 13

Functions of sound effects

Answer 13

• define location
• provide mood
• portray environment’s impact on characters

Question 14

Characteristics of sound effects

Answer 14

• acoustic qualities (realness)
• volume (hierarchy - piercing?)
• regularity - (rhythm - contrasts real life?)
• verisimilitude - realism