Sound

Sound

We learnt about different types of sound in Tv and how they are used to express/emphasise a scene. We learnt that sound is just as, if not more, important than the actual picture during TV/film, this is because sound allows the audience to use their imagination where as video shows the audience exactly what is happening.

Sound can be used as a simple backing track or to make it clear that the scene you are watching is important, it can be used to introduce characters and/or dismiss them.

Some different kinds of sounds that are used:

• Diegetic - Diegetic sound is any sound that comes from a person or object that is within the field of view of the audience i.e. dialogue (dialogue are the words that characters say). 
• Non-Diegetic - Non-Diegetic sound can be any sound that comes from somewhere outside the viewers field of vision.
• Direct Address - A direct address is when a narrator or character talks directly towards the audience instead of the other characters; this technique 'breaks the fourth wall' as it acknowledges the existence of the audience e.g. Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
• Sings - Sings are short bursts of music, sometimes they are used to bump together different scenes.
• Sound Bridge - A sound bridge is where a sound continues across one or more cuts/transitions.
• Ambient Sound - Ambient sound are the sounds of the location that the camera is in e.g. water noises near a river or crows in a forest.
• Asynchronous Sound - This is a type of sound where the sound is out of sync with the visuals or it can be completely unrelated to the visuals, this can be used to create the feeling of distortion.

Sound can be used as a backing track to make a scene more powerful or more important. Sound is often used in the show 'community' to provoke emotional reactions from the viewer: