Class Notes; Types of Sound

Type of Sound in Media

 

Types of Sound;

- Music, Sound effects & dialogue.

- Emotion.

-Gives an understanding.

-Sound doesn't support the image.

-Associates with the themes.

-Helps to add emotion & drama.

-Directed Attention.

-Formal expectations.

-Altered interpretations of visual image.

-The value of silence, its rare and shocking.

-Diegisis- Film world.

-Non-Diegetic Sound- sound not recognised as part of the film world.

-Diegetic Sound- sound that is part of the film world.

-Parallel- sound which compliments the visual image.

-Contraptual Sound- sound which does not fit with the image but helps create new meanings.

-Sound Bridges- aid continuously as sound from 1 sequence on into the next.

-3 Levels- Dialogue, sound effects & music.

-Dialogue authenticates the speaker, texture of voice can add character on its own.

-Synchronous Sound- sounds which are synchronized or matched with what is viewed.

-Asynchronous Sound- not matched with a visible source of the sound on screen.