Sound Terms

Here are the sound terms which we will use during our research and evaluation. They are particularly relevant to the earlier sound task where we created our own soundtrack to fit the opening of 'Identity'.

• Ambience - background noise or natural sounds
• Atmospheric - Sound that is used to create a distinctive mood/feel.
• Empathetic - Sound that matches the feelings of the character.
• Amenpathetic - when sound doesn't match characters feelings
• Asynchronised - when sound doesn't match visual, caused by bad editing.
• Character theme - a non-diagetic sound that is attached to a character
• Aural Motif - a diagetic sound that is attacthed to a character.
• Contrapuntal sound - opposite to what we expect.
• Diagetic - sounds within the narrative which the characters can hear sounds.
• Non-diagetic - within the scene characters can't hear the sounds.
• Sound bridge - diagetic or non-diagetic sound that helps the transition between scenes/shots
• Soundtrack - the music composed or collected for the movie.
• Sound effects - Sounds that are added in post-production for an effect of increased impact.
• Voiceover - The narrator like talking over the video, telling the story. This can also be dialogue between Characters with different image.
• Narrator - Dialogue that explains missing detail.
• Discordance/Cacophony - Sounds which emphasise chaos, these sounds are non-melodic (clashing together).
• Dialogue - Conversation between characters.