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Diegetic Sound

This document discusses diegetic and non-diegetic sounds in films. It defines diegetic sound as any noise that has a visible on-screen source that characters can hear, like dialogue or doors closing. Non-diegetic sounds do not have a visible source and are added in editing, like background music or narration. Examples are provided of scenes using both diegetic and non-diegetic sounds to set mood or add meaning for the audience. The document also introduces the concepts of empathetic sound that matches the on-screen action and anempathetic sound that contrasts with or stands in opposition to what is happening.

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Diegetic Sound

This document discusses diegetic and non-diegetic sounds in films. It defines diegetic sound as any noise that has a visible on-screen source that characters can hear, like dialogue or doors closing. Non-diegetic sounds do not have a visible source and are added in editing, like background music or narration. Examples are provided of scenes using both diegetic and non-diegetic sounds to set mood or add meaning for the audience. The document also introduces the concepts of empathetic sound that matches the on-screen action and anempathetic sound that contrasts with or stands in opposition to what is happening.

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MUSIC BY ATTITUDE

AND BY APPLICATION 
ARTURO ACUÑA, DAVID GARCÍA Y DANIEL VALENCIA
DIEGETIC AND NON DIEGETIC
DIEGETIC SOUND 

• Diegetic sound is a noise


which has a source on-screen.
• In other words, is the sound
that the characters can hear;
such as dialogues, steps, a
door closing by...
NON-DIEGETIC SOUND 
• Non-diegetic sound is a noise which does not have a source on-screen, they have been added in.
• In other words, are the noises that characters cannot hear.
• They are added when editing the movie. 
• Also non diagetic are used to add different meanings or moods to a specific scene, which only the
audience can understand. 
• Some examples of this are background music, narrations, sounds of music that determine the
mood, etc.
EXAMPLE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=R-6M5FukAoE
EXPLANATION

• In this scene it is clear that there are many diagetic sounds like the
background music, the narrationand notorous sound efects like the
trhowing of the arrows. And this elements are used fro giving the mood
and the "emotion" that the scene required, for the audience to
undertand better what was happening
EXAMPLE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
time_continue=4&v=DhwbUMyCnJg
• In this video, is possible to evidence different examples of diegetic
sound and non diegetic sound. At the beginning of the video, the
director decides to put only diegetic sounds, such as the table, the
lights, the door.., But as soon as Gordon's exits the scene and
batman enters, the author starts adding some non diegetic effects,
such as suspense music and some kind of outside noises that give
the scene a different tone, which is a mix of suspense and action. 


HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=SBKL5G5I8MI
• In this example we can analyze that the scene starts with diegetic
sounds and in its development starts to add diegetic sounds. In this
case the scene shows diegetic sounds like the closing of the door, the
sound of the remote turning the tv on, the news on the tv and afterwards
the song when peter puts its headphones and the music is shown at first
as a diegetic sound and then is changed into a non-diegetic sound
EMPATHERIC AND
ANEMPATHERIC
EMPATHERIC

• Empathetic sound occurs when


the music or sound effects in a
film create a mood that matches
the action taking place on the
screen.
ANEMPATHERIC

• anempathetic sound is when the music or sound effects in a movie stand in direct contrast to
what is actually happening on the screen. 
• Anempatheric sound is not only present in music, also in sound effects this is present.
• Example:
• Physco- Hitchcock

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