Sound, Light, Mise-en-scene, tone, semiotics, and verisimilitude

Sound

Any sound that occurs within the film

Sound - Diegetic

A sound that has a visible source in the film

Sound - Non Diegetic

A sound that has no visible source in the film

Narration

Commentary spoken by an off screen source (non-diegetic)

Sound Bridge

A segment of sound track (dialogue, music, effects) that continues from one shot into another quite different shot acting as a unifier, a bridge, between the two and the transition is less abrupt and meaning is reinforced or added.

Light

Any illumination (natural or unnatural) used in connection with filming

Light - Diegetic

An on screen source of light

Light - Non-Diegetic

No visible onscreen source of light

Mise-en-scene

Achieves meaning through the relationship of things visible within a single shot (creates verisimilitude and tone, also adds emphasis to a persons or objects). The spatial relationship between people and objects, between objects and other objects convey meaning. Thus, the composition within the mise-en-scene shot is extremely important, whether the shot is static or the subjects move or the camera moves or both subject and camera move. The mise-en-scene shots will nearly always employ deep focus, and the temporal unit of the mise-en-scene film is the long take, a shot lasting at least several seconds in order for the audience to see the changing relationships in the frame. The spatial unit of this type of shot is the long shot in order to allow the audience to observe a number of persons and/or objects within the frame.

Tone

The mood or atmosphere of a film (ex: ironic, comic, nostalgic, romantic) created as the sum of the film’s cinematic techniques

Semiotics

The study of signs which are codes that our culture has already defined for us

Verisimilitude

Sense of realism