Sound (MCDOVED) + CLAMPS

M - music

C - contrapuntal/parallel

D - digetic/non digetic

O - off screen

V - voice over

E - emotion

D - dialogue

Digetic

• inside world of character

• helps us understand what character can hear

• adds realism

Non digetic

• outside of the scene

• characters can't hear

Asynchronous sound

• not synced up to the visuals

• sound maybe from a unrelated scene

• takes away some realism

• adds theme

Contrapuntal sound

• When non digetic sound doesn't have the same atmospheric tone as visuals

• highlight atmosphere of visuals

• hidden meaning added

Sound effects

• often don't get picked up by camera

• Adds realism

• makes us feel in scene

sound motif

• reoccurs regularly

• indicate presence of character

sound bridge

• continues across cutting of 2 scenes

voice over

• someone talking over the top

• don't see them talk

mode of address

• set tone of piece

• engaging specific audiences

• giving us a clue about the way the character talks

Direct address

• talks directly too audience

• engaging audience - makes us feel part of it

• seem comic or formal

• take away realism

score/soundtrack

• music added over scene

• encourage us to feel a certain way

ambient sound

• sound which naturally occurs

• adds realism

• set scene

• makes audience feel in the scene

• in field of vision, out of field of vision

• background sound

silence

• pause/gaps

• draw attention to something

• shows nothing to say

• adds tension

volume

• volume/quality considered

• help hear scene from perspective

• louder - add drama

CLAMPS

C - costume

L - lighting - lowkey lighting - key and back lights

A - actors - way people speak - facial expressions

M - makeup - natural

P - props

S - setting - time of day - location