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Film - Sound Vocabulary

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melodrama
designated a theatrical genre that combined spoken text with music
digital sound
the most recent and radical change in sound reproduction
synchronous sound
sound that has a visible onscreen source
asynchronous sound
sound that does not have a visible onscreen source
parallelism
the use of sound which occurs when the soundtrack and image say the same thing
diegetic sound
sound that has its source in the narrative world of film
nondiegetic sound
sound that does not belong to the characters' world
diegesis
the world of the film's story, including not only what is shown but also what is implied to have taken place
semidiegetic sound
sound that can be construed as a combination of diegetic and nondiegetic sound
internal diagetic sound
extra-diegetic elements of a film do not "exist" or "take place" in the same plane of reality that the character's inhabit.
sound designer
person who is involved to plan and direct the overall sound through to the final mix
boom
microphones suspended outside of camera range on a device resembling a fishing pole
direct sound
sound captured directly from its source
reflected sound
sound captured as they bounce from the walls and sets, used to give a sense of space
production mixer
person who combines different sound sources during filming, adjusting their relative volume and balance
postproduction sound
sound created and adjusted after filming
sound editing
interacts with the image track to create rhythmic relationships, establish connections between sound and onscreen sources, and smooth or mark transitions
sound bridge
when a sound carries over a visual transition in a film
spotting
the adding of music and sound effects
foley artists
these members of the sound crew watch the projected film and simultaneously generate live sound effects
postsynchronous sound
sound recorded after the fact and then synchronized with onscreen sources
automated dialogue replacement
actors watch the film footage and re-record their lines to be dubbed into the soundtrack
walla
assembling extras to approximate the sound of a crowd
room tone
the aural properties of a location when nothing is happening
sound mixing
the combining of music, sound effects, and dialogue
mix
a master track to match the final cut of the film
sound reproduction
when the film's audience experience the film's sound
soundtrack
voice, music, and sound effects present simultaneously
sound perspective
the apparent distance of sound source
overlapping dialogue
mixing characters' speech simultaneously
voice-off
a voice that can be seen to originate from an onscreen speaker or from a speaker who can be inferred to be present in the scene but who is not currently visible
narrator
introduces the film's events
voiceover
a text spoken by an offscreen source, characters within the diegesis cannot hear
talking heads
on-camera interviews usually shot in medium close-up, tell the story through experts or ordinary people
synchronization
the visible coordination of the voice with the body from which it is emanating
underscoring
music matches what is happening dramatically in a film
cue
a piece of music composed for particular place in a film
click track
holes punched in the film to keep the beat of the action
stingers
sounds that force the viewer to notice the significance of something onscreen
mickey-mousing
the way cartoons use the musical score to follow or mimic every action in synchronization, narrating through music rather than language
music supervisor
selects and secures the rights for songs to be used in films
sound continuity
the range of scoring, sound recording, mixing, and playback processes that strive for the unification of meaning and experience by subordinating sound to the aims of the narrative
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