Sound

Sound

Within sound their are many different components which make up sound and make it work very well when put into a film or something else. All of the different components are very different but work very well when used correctly. 

 One of these being diegetic sound and non-diegetic sound. 

• Diegetic sound refers to the world of text. an example of this would be dialogue, sound effects and music with a source within the text like the radio. 
• Non-diegetic sound refers to everything outside the world of the text. an example of this would be the voice over, sound track, captions and titles.

Another component of sound would be on and off screen sound.

•  On screen sound is when the audience are able to see the source of sound which is heard. An example of this would be a radio or television. The effect which this would have is that it makes the audience feel like they're a part of what is going on as they are able to see where the sound is coming from. 
• Off screen sound is when the audience isn't able to to the see the source of the sound which enable the extension of the diegetic world. The effect of this is that it helps create suspense as the audience as well as the actors are unaware of where the sound is coming from which keeps them in suspense.

Parallel and contrapuntal sound is also another component in sound.

• Parallel sound is sound that matches the action which is going on around it, an example of this would be if it was a lovely sunny day and their was very upbeat cheery music. The effect of this is that it adds to the happiness shown to make it more obvious that it's a happy scene. 
• Contrapuntal sound is the opposite of this and is when the sound doesn't match the action, an example of this would be if it was a sunny day and laughing children but very tense spooky music, which would mean it would match. The effect of this would be that it would make the audience think about what is going to happen next as they would be unaware due to the different in the sound and the action.

A sound bridge is the final component in sound. A sound bridge helps create a smooth transition from one scene to another scene, in other words the sound bridges the two scenes together.