Film Analysis - Sound

diegetic

sound in the world of the film

nondiegetic

sound for the film (exists in our world only)

cut

camera ‘teleports’ through space

scene

usually happens in one place and time

sequence

one idea happens over multiple places and times

clip

certain duration of audio/visual

Sound Concepts

Dialogue, Sound Effects, Music

Soundtrack

ALL of the sound in a movie (including dialogue and sound effects)

Score

music and nondiegetic sound

Sound Perspective

how far a sound is

Qualities of Sound

Volume, Pitch, Timbre

Timbre

how a sound ‘sounds’

room tone

sound of ‘silence’ in a place

foley effects

small sounds effects in a movie that are recreated and added in post production

dialogue overlap

dialogue continues across picture edit

overlapping dialogue

people speaking at the same time

sound bridge

when sound continues after a scene ends / starts before the next scene starts

asynchronous sound

sound happens at a different time than the visual

onscreen sound

you can see the source of the sound

offscreen sound

the sound comes from offscreen

internal diegesis

sound that exists within a characters head

external diegesis

sounds that can be heard by all the characters

close miking

a way to reduce reflection in sound and increase quality and clarity