1. Sound

2. Diegetic sound
• Sounds from the world of the TV drama – a
kettle boiling, a siren, a radio playing.
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3. Non-diegetic sound
• Added sound to emphasis tension / mood –
the underscore
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4. Ambient sound
• Ambient sound means the background noise
present in a scene – the noise of an office in
the background.

5. Sound bridge
• Music that crosses over from 1 scene to the
next – think of it as transition music.

6. Sound motif
• A recurring sound that hints to the same event
/ character – the jaws theme tune is an
example of a sound motif.

7. Voiceover
• Dialogue over the scene – possibly narration,
possibly what the character is thinking – you
can’t see the person speaking, only hear
them.

8. Soundtrack
• Songs playing over scenes – this would be
non-diagetic sound.

9. Score
• A piece of music created especially for a
programme or scene – you would probably
only recognise this if they showed you the
credits or introduction (e.g. eastenders theme
tune)

10. Dialogue
• A better word for talking – people on screen
use dialogue

11. Synchronous sound
• Synchronous Sounds are those sounds which
are synchronized or matched with what is
viewed. For example: if the film portrays a
character playing the piano, the sounds of the
piano are projected.

12. Asynchronous sound
• Sound which is indigenous to the action but
not precisely synchronized with the action.

13. Sound effects
• Added sound during editing (post production)
to make a certain effect – lightening etc or any
non-diagetic sound.

14. Sound mixing
• The way sounds are mixed / blended together
– if there is more than one sound being played
at the same time or merge into each other
before they change.

15. Sound perspective
• Sound perspective refers to the apparent
distance of a sound – is it close or far away
from the camera.

16. Incidental music
• Background music which adds atmosphere –
an example of non-diagetic sound.

17. Themes
• The theme song for the TV drama. Specially
created for that show e.g. Eastenders opening
and closing.

18. Direct address
• When a character talks to the audience –
addresses the camera lens.

19. Framework for writing about sound
• Type of sound is used in order to generally why is that
editing used. The specific sound was describe the
sound / song heard. This enhanced the
stereotypical / counter stereotypical
representation of name of representation because
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