Micro Elements - Sound

Starter: Sound is important in creating meaning for the audience as it gives an insight into what is happening around characters and is often used to emphasise a point or possibly foreshadow future events etc.

Diegesis - Is the narrative construct that everything takes place in, it is the 'story world/ the world that film/ tv program takes place in.'
How real the diegesis appears is linked to the level of verisimilitude ( which means the appearance of being it self.)

Diagetic sounds are from noises that are happening from within the diegesis (the story world)
EG dialogue, sfx, foley sounds such as foot steps. -These can be added during production and in post and are planned carefully in pre production.
    -Dialogue authenticates the speaker as an individual due to things such as tone, accent and dialect.
  Accent - Way you pronounce words- Location
  Dialect - The words you use - Location
  Tone - How you talk eg happy angry- intonation
  Mode of address - Formal/informal    Peer to peer eg radio, teach to pupil eg magazine,

Southern accent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svuPbOHWF-M - Only fools and horses
Northen Accent

Syncgronous sounds are sounds which are synchronised or matched with what is viewed. Eg footsteps or movement.This contributes to the realism of the film and also help create a specific atmosphere.

Ambient sound refers to any sounds that are to establish location.Eg: In a park birds and for a city car noises etc.


Non Diagetic sound is when the soucrce is not visable on screen and is clearly not coming from the story world.

Sounds bridges lead in or out of a scene. Sound brudges are one of the most common transitions in continuity edidting.non diagetic to diagetic.

Incidental music is music composed in a film or play as a background to create or enhance a particular atmosphere, also gives forshadows. Eg:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoatiXYa11Q 007 Spectre

Stings are used as a distinctive background music to add emphasis to an important moment in motion picture or television program. Can be used to introduce or end a scene.

The sound motifs condition the audiance emotionally for the arrival or actions of a character. eg darth vader intro music.