Sunday, October 11, 2020

Sound definitions


  Sound bridge 

  • Sound bridge can take us in or out of a scene 

  • Sound bridges are one of the most used transitions with the continuity editing style


Pleonastic sound 

  • Pleonastic sound is overly enhanced sound, examples would include: the sound of a door creaking - or a tap dripping more loudly than normal in a horror film, etc.

  • A technique to create this type of the sound is Foley sound

  • Sound recorded in production and post production sound should not be confused with each other. sound affects examples: the sound of gunfire is usually added in post-production but it is still diegetic.


Parallel sound 

  • This is when the sound we hear goes together with the image on screen. This is known as Parallel sound.

  • For example, if you were watching a horror and something sinister was about to occur, as an audience, you would be expecting some sort of dark, fast tempo music with an important action.


Contrapuntal Sound 

  • This is sound that does not go together with what is on screen or can even go against it. 

  • This can have a disorientating effect on the audience and make them question what they are seeing. 

  • Examples: American psycho and reservoir dogs 


Sound in TV an film 

  • Sound can differ between:

  • Synchronous- That is, caused by something that has happened on the screen, that sound matches the action 

  • Or asynchronous- This is sound that is separate from the visual, examples would include: a voice-over or dialogue from another scene.


  • Silence -No sound can still create an impact (silence is no longer commonly used in film)

  • Dialogue- the tone, pitch, and volume of actors’ in a scene that the audience can relate to.

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