Thursday, 16 December 2010

Sound Vocabulary

Sound
Diegetic Sound – sound that can be heard by the characters within a scene/ sound part of the imaginary world.

Non-diegetic Sound – sound that the characters cannot hear and is not part of the imaginary world of the story. This includes a musical soundtrack or a voiceover (however this excludes a narration by a character within the story – referred to as an internal monologue and is diegetic).


Score – The musical component of a programme’s soundtrack, usually composed specifically for the scene.


Sound Effects – sounds that are added to a film during the post-production stage.

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