Sound

Sound

Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Sound

Diegetic refers to the world of text

• Examples: dialogue, sound effects, music with a source within the text e.g. a radio

Non-diegetic refers to everything outside the world of text

• Examples: voiceover, soundtrack, captions, titles, subtitles

On/Off-screen

• On-Screen sound- the audience can see the source of sound
• Off-Screen sound- the audience can't see the source of sound 

In this scene, there is immediately non-diegetic sound as there are birds chirping in the background. There are more examples of this as there is background music and there is also many sound effects of cars and traffic to make the scene more realistic. This is also mostly off-screen sound as the viewer can't see it. However, the whole scene is mostly made up of diegetic sound and on-screen sound as you can see the characters talking and their emotion within their facial expressions.

Parallel/Contrapuntal Sound

• Parallel sound matches the action
• Contrapuntal sound does not match the action - foreshadows what will happen

This is contrapuntal sound as the scene is supposed to look creepy and mysterious but the music is old and classical. This makes the overall scene creepy and tense. 

Sound Bridge

• A sound bridge helps create a smooth transition between one scene to another
• The sound 'bridges' the two scenes

 In this example, the background music connects the scene to the next as it sounds similar to the alarm clock.