Sound Glossary

Sound Glossary

Diegitic Sound                                                                                                                     Any sound, voice or piece of music that comes from within the world of the narrative.

Non-Diegetic Sound                                                                                                       Sounds, such as music or a narrator’s voices that come from outside the space of the narrative.

Soundtrack                                                                                                                            1)A recording of the musical accompaniment to a movie                                                       2)A strip on the edge of a film on which the sound component is recorded

Theme                                                                                                                                    The subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic

Tune                                                                                                                                                    A melody, esp. one that characterizes a certain piece of music

Incidental Music                                                                                                                                                   Music used in a film or play as a background to create or enhance a particular atmosphere                     

Sound Effects                                                                                                                                                               A sound other than speech or music made artificially for use in a play, movie, or other broadcast production

Ambient Sound                                                                                                                                        In atmospheric sounding and noise pollution, ambient noise level (sometimes called background noise level, reference sound level, or room noise level) is the sound pressure level at a given location, normally specified as a reference level to study a new intrusive sound source.

Dialogue                                                                                                                                 Conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie

Voice-over
A piece of narration in a movie or broadcast, not accompanied by an image of the speaker

 

TV Scheduling

Drama is generally shown on tv mainly throughout the evenings. This is done because people get home from work, have their dinner then sit down and watch the soaps and dramas for the rest of the night. If they were to show all the soaps and dramas on daytime television no one would watch them. Also they are mainly shown in the Autumn/Winter because that's when people dont really go out as much and tend to spend their evenings infront of the TV. Soaps are usually shown at the same time and the same days every week, that way the viewers get in the routine of watching it so they just expect to come home to find it on the TV