Sound

Sound

• Diegetic = refers to the world of the text e.g.dialogue and music.
• Non-diegetic = refers to everything outside the world of the text e.g.music and a voice over.

The last king of Scotland

Diegetic	Non-diegetic
-knocking on the door	-music
-phone ringing	-whispering
-car engine

28 weeks later

Diegetic	Non-diegetic
-screaming	-music
-glass breaking
-breathing
-dialogue

Rat Catcher

Diegetic	Non-diegetic
-screaming	-without the non-diegetic sound the film feels more realistic
-dialogue

• On-screen sound = the audience can see the source of the sound.
• Off-screen sound = the audience can't see the source of the sound.

Off screen sound enables the extension of the diegetic world. 

Butch Cassidy and the sundance kid

On-screen sound	Off-screen sound
-train stopping	-Sheriffs on their horse's following the men
-dialogue
-horse's galloping
-breathing

• Parallel sound = matches the action
• Contrapuntal = doesn't match the action

Jaws

Parallel	Contrapuntal
	-having fun at the beach, the scary music comes on

• Sound bridge = helps create a smooth transition from one scene to another. For example, once upon a time in the west.