<aside> 💡 Audio is the naturalistic or expressive use of sound.

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Audio in film can be put into three different categories: Dialogue, Sound Effects and Music. Audio can be within the film’s world or outside it.
Diegetic audio occur within a film’s world. These are sounds that can be heard by the characters, such as a radio or a television.
Non diegetic audio exist outside a film’s world, such as music that’s played over a scene for effect. Non diegetic sounds are those that aren’t contained in the narrative.
Audio can be used expressively to create a particular effect or an emotion, such as thunder heard in a horror film.
Audio can be used realistically, where they try to mimic sounds as they would be heard in the real world.
Audio can be used to do the following things: create a mood, feeling or emotion, create a sense of realism, create tension, help set the scene, advance the narrative

Some words to use when discussing sound:

▸timbre the character or quality of a sound

▸pitch the highness or lowness of a tone

▸rhythm the systematic arrangement of sounds

▸tone the overall quality of the sound

▸instruments what is used to create the sound

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