Preliminary Exercise 14

 Blog post 14, Welcome back!! Today me and my partner did an assignment on analyzing film opening sound in films. This assignment revolves around analyzing sound in film and knowing the different types. We worked on a table that gave multiple demonstrations that we had to define and give examples of each. Which was my part, I was responsible for vocabulary. Differencing diegetic and non diegetic sound. Diegetic sound is sound that originates from within the video or film's world. Non diegetic sound is any type of sound that does not specifically exist within the world of the film itself. Internal diegetic is if the characters can hear it, it diegetic sound, even if they only hear it in their head. Its important to understand the source of sound in film because it allows us to understand what's going on in the story, or helps us understand the characters emotions or certain scenes in the movie. It sets the tone.

  What I learned form this exercise mainly was diegetic and non diegetic sound. Being able to identify the two and understand them separately. My responsibilities was to complete the vocabulary part for the document, while my teammate Richard S, did the second part the general analysis opening of certain films. He identified the audience, director, productions etc. To work on this assignment I shared the document and he was able to work on it, we both did our parts and submitted the assignment. I'd say me and my teammate did good on this assignment as we did all that was asked and more.

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Word	Meaning and example from a specific movie. (Add details
Diegetic Sound	Any sound that originates from the world of film. Dialogue in Cruella about crashing a party.
Non diegetic Sound	Any type of sound that does not exist within the words of a film. Godzilla roaring at King Kong.
Source music	Comes from a source in the story like a speaker or bad. Johnny from Sing playing the piano.
On screen Sound	Any sound that is visibly connected to what is happening on the screen. Peter & MJ speaking about their feelings in Spider-Man.
Off Screen	A sound emitted by a source which is not visible in the frame but is part of the diegetic world of film. MR Sprinkles popping in Trolls in the back.
Underscore	The playing of music quietly under spoken dialogue or a visual scene. Aragorns’s speech at the Black Gate in Lord of the Rings.
Internal diegetic Sound	If the characters can hear it, even if it’s only in their head. Bird screeching in UP.
Background Sound	Sound which can be heard while listening to or monitoring other sounds. Chickens clucking while Eddie & Venom talked.
Foley Artist	Complements or replaces sound recorded on set at the same time of the filming, known as field recording. The attackers smashing the glass in Wakanda Forever.
Foley Sound Effects	Custom sounds made in post-production. Fire breaking out in Cruella’s apartment.
Sound motif	A series of notes that represent something. The spider on Spider-Man’s suit.
Monologue	Speech presented by a single character, often to express thoughts. Emmet’s speech in the Lego Movie to Lord Business.
Sound Bridge	When audio is carried over the visual transition to tie together two scenes. Neo’s alarm clock being heard at the end of the preceding scene in the Matrix.
Sound Design	The craft of combining every piece of audio in a film. The Grinch running away on snow from carolers while they sing and he’s panicking. Doors slamming to.
Sound Perspective	The apparent distance of a sound source, evidenced by its volume, timbre, and pitch. Mater from Cars yelling McQueen’s name while he’s talking to someone.
Sound Mixing	The process of adjusting audio levels of all of the sound in a film. Anica in Jingle Jangle and backup singers singing while dancing and moving things around.
Stings	Used in broadcasting and films as a form of punctuation. June’s dad in Missing knocking heavily on the door before kidnapping her.
Melodic Sound	A sweet or agreeable succession or arrangement of sounds. Snow White singing with the birds in the forest.
Discordant Sound	Subconsciously has a disturbing effect on the audience. Clocks ticking in the House with Clocks in its walls.
Contrapuntal Sound	Sound that contrasts strongly with the image that you see on screen. Baby giggling in Incredibles while they’re searching for him.
Room tone	The silence recorded at a location or space when no dialogue is spoken. Lake scene in Birdbox.
Walla Sound	The vocal sounds that people make in the background as the actors with speaking parts do their line.  Police officers talking while batman and guy plan to break out.
Synchronous Sound	Audio that lines up precisely with what’s happening on a scene. Music playing while Mario is fighting Donkey Kong in Super Mario Bros Movie.
Asynchronous Sound	Audio that doesn’t match up with visuals. Branch screaming aggressively in Trolls while everybody is happy & singing.
Direct Sound	All of the sound that is recorded at the time of filming. Ricky and Bobby panicking and making noises in Talladega Movie.
Parallel Sound	Sounds that compliment the mood, tone, or atmosphere of a scene. Romantic tone music in kissing scene from Me before You.
Loudness	The volume or level of the sound. Rock & Roll scene in Spider Verse.
Silence	The absence of a backing track forces us to pay attention to what’s on camera. Marriage scene in Shrek where Shrek can’t answer lord Farquaad’s question.
Crescendo	A gradual increase in loudness. Singing scene in Moana where the whole village contributes.
Rhythm	The placement of sounds in time. Harley Quinn performance in joker.