Sound/Music Terminology Flashcards
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What is a soundtrack?
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A recording of the musical accompaniment to a movie
2
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What is a diegetic sound?
A
Sounds the characters in a film can hear and thus participate in their “world”
3
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What is a non-diegetic sound?
A
Sounds furnished for the filmgoer’s benefit that go unheard by the characters
4
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What are sound mixers?
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They fold set-recorded and post-produced elements together, deciding how few or how many we should hear and at what volumes; what overall qualities they should share; and what
patterns might organize the film
5
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What is a score?
A
The original music that accompanies a film, heightens the film’s emotion, creating an aural mood for each scene, along with sound effects and dialogue
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