The World of Audio

To create the world of your Huaka’i world through sound, you are using several different elements of audio.  In this case, music AND 3 sound effects.  Besides these elements, there are also dialogue, narration, and ambience (atmosphere).

We learned about MOS when we are shooting to signify there is no synchronized audio to be recorded.  Once everything is edited, 2 more fancy terms can be utilized.  Use these words to impress people . . . Diegetic and Non-diegetic.

These terms describe the way sound is being used in a movie.  Diagetic sound comes from the world of  the movie meaning it’s source is seen in the movie or implied to come for it.

Non-diagetic describes audio that does not come from the space of the film.  Think of music from a soundtrack.  It enhances the story, but does not come from the story itself.

Here is a link to a resource which further describes these terms:

http://filmsound.org/terminology/diegetic.htm

Usually music videos have just NON-DIEGETIC audio, but Ed Sheeran’s video “Don’t” has an interesting mix of both.  Take look at this video and take notice of the creative use of diegetic and non-diegetic audio.

HOMEWORK:

For your Huaka’i video, are all of your sound effects diagetic? List the 3 sound effects you used and identify for each one if it is diegetic OR non-diegetic.