2nd week.

During this week we talked about sound in filmmaking. We have different sounds when filming a movie:

~Diegetic and Non-Diegetic sound

~Voice over

~Sound bridge

~Silence ~Dialogue

~Ambient

~Foley

-Voice over

Voice over is a post-production technique, it's the voice of an unseen character speaking or the voice of a visible character expressing unspoken thoughts.

-Sound bridge

Sound Bridge is when a scene begins with the carry-over sound from the previous scene, before the new sound begins. This video explains better its meaning, just keeping attention at the alarm at the end.

From The Matrix (1999)

-Foley

Foley is reproducing a sound live during the post-production of a movie as it would be too difficult to record all the little details in a scene. It takes the name from Jack Foley (1891-1967), sound effects artist, who developed this idea of making the sound better by using different objects to create a specific sound for example a pair of gloves sounds like bird wings flapping.

The secret world of Foley

This video shows how impressive and fun can be doing foley. I loved it because it's amazing seeing how actually a sound is made and thinking then how realistic it can seem during a movie.

-Diegetic and Non-Diegetic

The sound in filmmaking is divided by two categories: Diegetic and Non-Diegetic.

The Diegetic sound is the one that it's shown in the current scene and it's also a sound that it's made during the recording, like a dialogue or footsteps. Another way to call it is "actual sound".

The Non-Diegetic sound is the one that isn't shown in the scene and eventually is made outside the making of the movie, so during the post-production. It's also called "commentary sound".

I found this video which explains perfectly the difference between Diegetic and Non-diegetic sound. So Diegetic are the groans that the actors produced while filming. Non-diegetic are all the effects added during the post-production, so the tension music and the different details during the fights, chains, explosions, ect...

From X-Men (2000)

Toad and Mystique

-Ambient

Ambient, also atmosphere or background noise, means the background sounds which are present in a scene or location. It is the opposite of silence and some common background sounds are wind, birds, water, crowds, traffic, and many more.