ANTH 2440 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Diegesis, Vacuum Tube, Cinematic Techniques
20 Sep 2016
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Sound is manufactured creatively for the purpose of telling a story. Operates on physical (manipulated properties to get effect) and psychological levels (viewers" interpretation) Frequency, amplitude, harmonic constitution (texture fm single wave or mix) Perceptual characteristics (what we perceive in sound) Pitch is defined by frequency, loudness by amplitude, quality by harmonic constitution. Vocal or musical), source (where it comes from, distance between origin and point of observation), and coverage (equal radiation or confined to space) Diegesis: total world of a film"s story, including figures, motion, color, sound. Diegetic sound: sound from source within film"s world. Nondiegetic sound: sound from source outside film"s world. Internal sound is when we hear character thoughts. External sound is within the film world, but we cannot see. Onscreen sound is that we can see and hear (can be internal or external, too) Asynchronous sound is that not matched temporally with actions within scene. Production sounds recorded on set, postproduction sounds created after.
