GLOSSARY
- Diegetic: Sound that are visible on the cream or whose source implied to be present by the action.
- Non-Diegetic: Sound that sources aren't visible on the scream or not even appear in the action.
- Ambient: Background music that is used to add emotion and rhythm to a film.
- SFX: Artificial Created or enhanced sound
- Mood: Anticipation, possible danger, fear, joy.
- Tone: Is used to match the production sound track so that it may be intercut with the track, tone may also smooth edit points and give a feeling.
- Genre: Represent the multi editing, like in the horror genre relies on high degree of stylisation.
- Theme music: The music that is used in the opening/ending sequences
- Voiceover: Is a production technique where a voice is not part of the narrative.
- Musical Score: Is original music written specific to accompany a film. The score forms part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects.
- Synchronous sound: Can be either ambient,(sound recorded during the filming of the sequence) or a sound effect.
- Asynchronous sound: A sound that match the action being performed however is not precisely synchronized with the action.
- Contrapuntal: Sound that we wont associate with the events on the screen.
- Silence: Is a film with no synchronized record sound, with no spoken dialogue.
- Selective sound: Sound that focus on a particular character, to high light the scene.
- Sound bridges: Sound that begins with the carry-over sound from the previous scene before the new sound.
SOUND IN SHERLOCK HOLMES
On the following clip the Diegetic sounds are, on the beginning the intro with the piano, then the galloping horses and their neighing, that gives you the idea that something is happening. In the clip it has the Diegetic sound of the Guns sounds, the sound of the steps, that gives you the chase moment, the fire sound and the actor breathing during the chase moment. the sound of the broken glass, the crow and the door as well.
The Non-diegetic sound in this clip is the music in background.
The following clips has a a really attractive music and the music also follow the scene, with the slow starting music and to fast, also called tempo increasing, that gives the audience the feeling that something is going on.