Glossary

Keywords:

• Diegetic sound- Sound that can be seen on the screen e.g. voices of characters.
• Non-Diegetic sound- Sound that you can't see on the screen e.g. narrator.
• Ambient sound- Background noise in present scene to create an atmosphere.
• Sound effects- Created sounds used to emphasise what is happening in the scene.
• Mood- Sound that is used to create ambiance e.g tension, romance, sadness.
• Tone- Sound that is measured by it's pitch, quality and strength.
• Genre- Category or style that films will be places into e.g. horror, musical, comedy etc. 
• Theme Music- A piece of music that is specifically for that film.
• Voiceover- Narration of a film, play or broadcast where you can't see the speaker.
• Musical Score- Music that has been written/composed and the instruments/artists involved have their own composition sheet.
• Synchronous sound- When the sound effect in a scene is linked with another event or action.
• Asynchronous sound- Sound that is not synchronised with the scene.
• Contrapuntal- Complex music which is played/sounded together at the same time. 
• Silence- The lack of audio sound. 
• Selective sound- Removal of some sounds to make significant sounds more recognisable this is often used to cause dramatic effect.
• Sound bridges- Carry over of the sound from the previous scene.