Sound and Music

Introduction

When creating a piece of narrative sound and music are very useful conventions that could be used to set the theme and strengthen the motif of the piece. there are different sub-conventions of sound and music that can be applied to a multimedia piece, with a combination of editing and clever planing the director of the piece can create the pseudo world that they can immerse the audience into.

     Just like editing sound is part of the post-production process. The different types of sub-conventions are then placed to emphasis the emotions or the reality that the director had envisioned.

The Diegesis world

The diegesis world is a the reality that in which the TV programs, film and music videos takes place; this world inhabits the subjects of the media and is also made up the dietetic elements. Diegetic elements refers to the subjects in the diegetic world that the characters are aware of; this consist of natural sounds such as raindrops and car horns otherwise known as ambient sound. The use of these diegetic elements are used to fully immerse the audience into the diegesis world. The opposite of diegetic elements are known as non-diegetic elements, non-diegetic elements are elements of the media such as music and noises that the characters are not aware of this is simply because the non-diegetic elements do not exist in the diegesis world. The non-diegetic elements are used by the content creator the aid the audience interpret the tone and mood of the scene. popular examples of non-diegetic sounds are voice overs or background music.

 Example of diegetic sound

In this clip we can see that the character is aware of the music used in the clip, as when the song begins he makes an eyeline match the the source of the music, this allows better immersion for the audience as the fact that they can hear the same music that the character can then makes a link between the audience and the characters diegesis world.

Example of non-diegetic sound

This clip showcases a man shoveling snow as it is accompanied by a jolly Christmas carol. because the clip is only showcasing the lower half of the mans body the audience is unclear on what emotions the man may have but because the Christmas carol is quite upbeat the audience is left to interpret that the non-diegetic music is highlighting the mans emotions. The non- diegetic music can also be used to to set the scene because the music is a Christmas carol the audience can also interpret that the clip takes place in December somewhere around Christmas.