Today i attended a sound workshop run by a lecturer called Joe, who i have had some lessons with last year. Unfortunately i missed the last lesson due to being ill but from what i head today they spoke about diegetic and non-diegetic sounds.
Diegetic sounds:
Sound whose source is visible on the screen or whose source is implied to be present by the action of the film:
- voices of characters
- sounds made by objects in the story
- music represented as coming from instruments in the story space ( = source music)
Digetic sound can be either on screen or off screen depending on whatever its source is within the frame or outside the frame.
Another term for diegetic sound is actual sound
- Diegesis is a Greek word for "recounted story"
The film's diegesis is the total world of the story action
Non-Diegetic sounds:
Sound whose source is neither visible on the screen nor has been implied to be present in the action:
- narrator's commentary
- sound effects which is added for the dramatic effect
- mood music
The distinction between diegetic or non-diegetic sound depends on our understanding of the conventions of film viewing and listening. We know of that certain sounds are represented as coming from the story world, while others are represented as coming from outside the space of the story events. A play with diegetic and non-diegetic conventions can be used to create ambiguity (horror), or to surprise the audience (comedy).
Another term for non-diegetic sound is commentary sound.
(http://filmsound.org/terminology/diegetic.htm)
Today we were told to download some files from the UCA website in the DDD section and then import the files onto the Abobe Audition which i havent used before. We have five individual files in total and .... to be finished tomorrow
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