Sound and editing terminology

Question 1

What is diegetic sound?

Answer 1

-the sound is part of the actors world

Question 2

What is non-diegetic sound?

Answer 2

-the sound is outside the actors world

Question 3

What is diegetic and non-diegetic sound for?

Answer 3

-method of directors smoothing out sound from one scene to another and helps the audience create meaning

Question 4

What is an example of diegetic sound?

Answer 4

-an ambulance siren

Question 5

What is an example of non-diegetic sound?

Answer 5

-romantic comedies when there’s music when they are about to kiss music starts playing

Question 6

What is parallel sound?

Answer 6

-is in line with what we are seeing on screen->music matches the mood

Question 7

What is contrapuntal sound?

Answer 7

-music is sound that does not match the feeling that is on the screen

Question 8

What is an example of parallel sound?

Answer 8

-comedy

Question 9

What is an example of contrapuntal sound?

Answer 9

-dark comedy->contrasts the scenes and makes the character look a certain way

Question 10

What is synchronous sound?

Answer 10

-in line with what we are watching but is exaggerated diegetic sound

Question 11

What is asynchronous sound?

Answer 11

-is when the sound is out of sync->artistic effect

Question 12

What is an example of synchronous sound?

Answer 12

-an explosion going off that is too big of an explosion to what is happening

Question 13

What is an example of asynchronous sound?

Answer 13

-someone screams but a train goes by so she metaphorically screamed as loud as the train

Question 14

What is ambient sound?

Answer 14

-The sound from the surroundings
-Background noise

Question 15

What is an example of ambient sound?

Answer 15

footsteps

Question 16

What is sound bridge?

Answer 16

-Takes you from one scene to another and links them together
-When a sound crosses over

Question 17

What is an example of sound bridge?

Answer 17

-The Matrix nightclub scene from the nightclub to the alarm

Question 18

What is a motif?

Answer 18

-Recurring piece of music that indicates to the audience something is happening
-piece of music that is used to indicate a character

Question 19

What is an example of a motif?

Answer 19

-In Friends when they go into the coffee house there’s music for the transition
-theme music

Question 20

What is dialogue?

Answer 20

-Whenever we are referring to characters talking

Question 21

What is a voiceover?

Answer 21

-Talking but the person isn’t shown in the shot-> voice over the top of the footage

Question 22

What is an example of a voiceover?

Answer 22

-Tokyo in Money Heist

Question 23

What are sound effects?

Answer 23

-Any effect/sound that is added in that could enhance a sound
-Could be expected or unexpected

Question 24

What is an example of sound effects?

Answer 24

-Money Heist when they shoot the guns is exaggerated

Question 25

What is direct address?

Answer 25

-Character talking to the audience and giving you their direct address

Question 26

What is an example of direct address?

Answer 26

-Diary of a wimpy kid

Question 27

What is a jump cut?

Answer 27

-it would look like the character is jumping/moving through time/space

Question 28

What is an example of a jump cut?

Answer 28

time travel

Question 29

What is a match cut?

Answer 29

-when u match an action with both cuts

Question 30

What is an example of a match cut?

Answer 30

-walking down the stairs then transferring to a shot of feet reaching the bottom of the stairs

Question 31

What is a cutaway?

Answer 31

-when one shot changes to another angle of the scene

Question 32

What is an example of a cutaway?

Answer 32

-when there’s a time limit and it cuts to the character doing the task then the clock

Question 33

What is a cross cut?

Answer 33

-cut away to a different scene but typically to identify that it is happening at the same time
-whatever you cross cut to it can change the meaning

Question 34

What is an example of a cross cut?

Answer 34

-someone inside a house on fire and it changes to fire engine then back to the person

Question 35

What is a shot-reverse-shot?

Answer 35

-a sequence of 3 edits together

Question 36

What is an example of a shot-reverse-shot?

Answer 36

-one character is seen looking at the another character then it shows the other character and then goes back to the character (in conversations)

Question 37

What is an eyeline match?

Answer 37

-when you cut to what the person is looking at
-usually a pov shot

Question 38

What is an example of an eyeline match?

Answer 38

-talking about something then the camera showing it