SOUND DESIGNThe total sonic experience

* Diegetic Sound

The sounds in a movie that the characters CAN hear

Examples: Dialogue, Natural Sounds, Sound Effects

Inception, Christopher Nolan (2010)

*Non-Diegetic Sound

The sounds in a movie that the audience hears, but the characters DO NOT

Example: The score, soundtrack, voiceover narration

**Used to set the mood and evoke emotion Example Example 2

Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder (1950)

*Voiceover

A voice whose source is neither visible in the frame nor implied to be offscreen; it typically narrates the film’s images

*Overlapping Dialogue

Mixing characters’ speech simultaneously

Many times the background sound is turned down, so the viewer can concentrate on the dialogue between the two main characters.

Used to achieve realism or to distract the audience (causes the audience to have to listen and pay closer attention)

**Score

The music written for a movie or play