Sound Techniques

There are different types of sound techniques two of them are diegetic and non-diegetic.

Diegetic is in the world of text and people around them can hear everything that we can hear. This can refer to if someone is mining and we can hear them hitting the stone so can the characters in the film.

Non-Diegetic this is outside of the world of text. This means only we can hear it and the people in the film cannot see it. For example in the film Jaws the music building up to the shark attack is Non-Diegetic because we can hear it but no one in the film can.

The next is on screen sound. This is when there is a sound and it is on screen so we cana ctually see the source of soiund. This could be when a dog is barking and we can see it on the screen.

Lastly is off screen sound. This is when we hear a sound but it is off screen. This could be like a train that we hear but cannot see.

These can all be mixed for example Diegetic On-screen. For example the characters can hear it as well but it is also on the screen so we can see it.