Wednesday, 12 October 2011

Non-diegetic and diegetic sounds

Diegetic sounds are those whose source is visible on the screen or is implied to be coming from the action present. It can also been known as actual sound and is used to create realism. Examples of this are characters voices, sounds made from objects and music coming from instruments on the screen.

Non-diegetic sound is basically the opposite of diegetic sound; it's source is not visible on the screen and is not implied to be coming from any action present. This includes sound effects, narrator's commentary and mood music. This is an example of the use of non-diegetic sound made to seem like diegetic sound. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KUZVwsjTvw

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