Sound

Question 1

What is non-diegetic sound?

Answer 1

• Sound added in editing
• Sound that the actors can’t hear
  e. g. soundtrack

Question 2

What is synchronous sound/ asynchronous sound?

Answer 2

Synchronous: Sound from an on screen source

Asynchronous: Sound from an off-screen source

Question 3

What is ambient sound?

Answer 3

Sounds expected to hear in location/environment

e.g. drinks clinking in a pub

Question 4

What is the mode of address?

Answer 4

-The way the dialogue is spoken, the levels of formality, the use of language, accent and attitude
-It can interpret class and character
e.g. Northern= working class
Southern= middle class

Question 5

What is direct address?

Answer 5

When a character looks or speaks directly into the camera which the audience reads as communicating directly to us

Question 6

What are the 9 S’s?

Answer 6

Sound effects
Soundtrack
Score (general music)
Stings (short musical phrase acting as a form of punctuation e.g at the end of the show)
Sound Motif (associated with a particular character)
Sound Mixing (sound mixed with dialogue to get the right balance)
Sound Perspective (indicates where the sound is coming from)
Sound Bridge (sound overlapping to create continutity between scenes)
Silence

Question 7

Other non-diegetic sound

Answer 7

Incidental music
Theme tune
Voice over

Question 8

What is diegetic sound?

Answer 8

• Sound that the actors can hear

e. g dialogue