Terms Flashcards
What is DIEGETIC SOUND?
On-screen sound
What is DIAGESIS
Refers to the world of the characters and story within a film.
What is NON-DIEGETIC sound?
Elements that are not of the characters “story world”
What is DIEGETIC ONSCREEN sound?
When you can hear a sound source that is onscreen
What is DIEGETIC OFFSCREEN sound?
When we hear sound but do not see it’s source onscreen
What is PASSIVE sound?
Sounds that set the audio environment of a scene
What is POINT OF AUDITION?
The spatial position from which we can say we hear a sound at a given distance from us.
What is TEMPORAL DIMENSIONS?
Relate to the way in which sound has an effect on out perception of the pace, time or rhythm of a moving image.
What is BRIDGING/SOUND BRIDGING?
When there is a continuation of sound across a picture cut.
What is ADDED VALUE?
When certain text, music or sound effects can interpret the understanding of a film.
What is ANEMPATHETIC music?
When the music doesn’t match the scene
What is HEIGHTENING?
When sound effects replace existing sound to have more impact
What is THEATRICAL speech
Most common speech - indicates human, social and emotional qualities of the speaker
What is TEXTUAL speech?
Textual speech is like the text of a novel that can summon the image it describes simply though the utterance of words.
What is ACOUSMÊTRE?
The epic movie voice in trailers