Sound

Sound

Within media productions there are multiple types of sound. These are:

• Diegetic sound-sound that fits the world of the film 
• Non-diegetic sound- sound that is added into the work, the world of the film can not hear it. (this is usually used to help create atmosphere and give the audience an idea of what is about to happen)
• On screen sound- sound that is diegetic and fits to the action happening on screen
• Off screen sound-sound that again is diegetic but occurs out of the scene for e.g somebody coming into a room, we may not see them come in but we can hear them enter.
• Parallel sound-This sound is sound that fits to the action e.g suspenseful music at a suspenseful time
• Contrapuntal sound-This sound does not fit to the scene e.g happy music at a funeral
• Sound bridge-A sound bridge is sound that carries on from one scene to another, it allows the scenes to flow nicely.

The use of sound is very important in any media production and sometimes even the lack of sound is effective. Without sound it would be difficult to comprehend what is going on or what is about to happen. Sound helps the producer to elicit the feeling and emotion that they wish for the audience to experience.