sound

• Diegetic sound

  Sound that originates from a source within a film's world.
• Non - diegetic sound

  sound that can be heard by the audience only, not the characters.
• Music

  a key sound code often used to arouse emotions - encourages a particular response in an audience
• Ambient sound

  recording of background noise in the scene
• asynchronous sound

  self- evidently recorded separately from the visuals
• Synchronous sound

  sound caused by an event on screen that matches the action
• silence


  juxtaposition of an image and silence can frustrate expectations, create apprehension , make us feel disasociated from reality
• selective sound


  The removal of some sounds and the retention of others to make significant sounds more recognizable, or for dramatic effect - to create atmosphere, meaning and emotional nuance.
• sound bridge

  maintains continuity in a sequence by running a soundtrack under a series of images to link them - useful in chase sequences, lets audiences link the visual elements of the film with what they hear
• contrapuntal sound

  sound or music that seems strange in comparison to the scene we are seeing.