Glossary of Sound Terms

• • 1.     Diegetic: Sound that are visible on the screen or whose source implied to be present by the action.
  • 2.    Non-Diegetic: Sound that sources aren't visible on the scream or not even appear in the action. 
  • 3.    Ambient: Background music that is used to add emotion and rhythm to a film.
  • 4.    SFX: Artificial Created or enhanced sound
  • 5.    Mood: Anticipation, possible danger, fear, joy.
  • 6.    Tone: Is used to match the production sound track so that it may be intercut with the track, tone may also smooth edit points and give a feeling.
  • 7.    Genre: Represent the multi editing, like in the horror genre relies on high degree of stylisation.
  • 8.    Theme music: The music that is used in the opening/ending sequences 
  • 9.    Voiceover: Is a production technique where a voice is not part of the narrative.
  • 10. Musical Score: Is original music written specific to accompany a film. The score forms part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects.
  • 11.  Synchronous sound: Can be either ambient,(sound recorded during the filming of the sequence) or  a sound effect.
  • 12. Asynchronous sound: A sound that match the action being performed however is not precisely synchronized with the action. 
  • 13.     Contrapuntal: Sound that we wont associate with the events on the screen.
  • 14.    Silence: Is a film with no synchronized record sound, with no spoken dialogue.
  • 15.    Selective sound: Sound that focus on a particular character, to high light the scene.
  • 16.    Sound bridges: Sound that begins with the carry-over sound from the previous scene before the new sound.

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