Non Diegetic And Diegetic Sound Research

Within the thriller opening few minutes my group and I will be creating,we will have to include sound to create an interesting atmosphere and intense film opening. There are different types of sound categories that are used in the film industry world, normally done in the editing stage of producing a film. 

The term diegetic means sound within the world of text ,where’s non-diegetic means the world of the text. 

For example Diegetic sounds are sounds that are apart of the film, it comes from the source of objects or people, e.g. dialogue, cars, or door slamming. It can occur off screen and therefore means we don't actually see where the noise is coming from or other noise can happen within the camera framing so thats its evident where the sound is coming from. 

  

Non diegetic sounds are sounds that the character cannot hear on set when filming, the audience does not know where the source of sound is coming from as its not a natural sound hear daily, e.g. background music, narratives voice. Which are added during the editing stage of production. 

Sound Bridges 

Sound bridges are when music or sounds continue into the next scene. It creates smooth transitions from scene to scene dmd works well in flowing/ com pining two scene together.

Parallel Sounds

Parallel sounds are sounds that match a scene, for example they could be a happy scene will have happy and aesthetic music and laughter.  

Contrapuntal Sounds

Contrapuntal sounds are sounds that do not match the scene, e.g. a happy scene will have sinister music. This is effective as the audience immediately know something bad is going to happen due to the suspense within the music increasing with the volume. 

Hopefully when my group come to filming  and editing we will be able to  include a variety of diegetic sounds, non-diegetic sounds, sound bridges, so the scene can flow through well, and parallel or contrapuntal sounds in my film when it is appropriate and seems to create an interesting opening.. Also by adding a variety of different sounds it will create a better flowing film opening and also may create suspense to the thriller genre with some kind of fast temp music being played during a dramatic  or intense scene.