World of Sound
Make Mine Music
Remember Me...
Elements of Sound
Analysis Paralysis
100
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW23RsUTb2Y
Listen to the music in this excerpt from the film Jaws. The music that is being played is this type of sound.
What is non-diegetic?
100
Sound that creates atmosphere to help a scene feel more realistic, such as chatter in a coffee shop.
What is ambient sound?
100
Type of shot and how it is being used.
What is a point-of-view/eye level shot?
100
What is a sound motif?
100
Technique being used and how.
What is contrapuntal sound?
200
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKi0MV0ZVVo
Listen to the music in this excerpt from the film Act. The music that is being played is this type of sound.
What is diegetic?
200
Music that is specifically written for a media text.
What is a score?
200
Type of shot and how it creates meaning.
What is a close-up shot?
200
What is a dialogue?
200
Technique being used and how.
What is discordant sound?
300
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2rDrKUb6bM
Listen to the voiceover in this excerpt from the film Beauty and the Beast. The voiceover that is being performed is this type of sound.
What is non-diegetic?
300
Music that sounds like what would expect to here in that scene--for example playing "Happy" when a character is graduating from high school.
What is parallel?
300
Type of shot and how it creates meaning.
What is an establishing shot?
300
What is a sound effect?
300
Technique used in this scene and how.
What is melodic sound? What is parallel sound?
400
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omcQzPqeHJA
Listen to the music in the excerpt from the film Grosse Point Blnak. The music that is being played is this type of music.
What is non-diegetic that becomes diegetic?
400
All of the music that is written for a film including any songs composed or licensed for that film.
What is a soundtrack?
400
Type of shot and how it creates meaning.
What is a Dutch Angle?
400
What is a voiceover?
400
Technique used in this scene and how.
What is parallel sound? Or what is melodic sound?
500
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXfUOq56d7o
Lisen to he voiceover in this excerpt from the film George in the Jungle. The voiceover that is being performed is this type of sound.
What is non-diegetic that becomes diegetic?
500
Type of music used in this scene.
What is contrapuntal?
500
Type of shot and how it creates meaning.
What is a reverse zoom? (Bonus points if you added that it's a dolly shot!)
500
What is a sound bridge?
500
Technique used to create meaning in this scene and how.
What is contrapuntal sound?