A T i n y T a s t e
Diegetic
Sound
DYE-uh-JET-ik
What
- Film terminology
- Sound
which is natural to the action of the film
- Sound that
you would expect the characters to reasonably hear in the film
- Dialogue,
music or noise created by a character and ambient (environmental)
sounds of the setting: waves crashing, wind blowing, train
whistle, traffic noise.
- Also called
"location sound" or "sync sound"
- Compare with
non-diegetic sound.
When
- Most of what
you hear in a film is diegetic sound. Non-diegetic sounds are
those that are added afterwards, in the editing room.
NB:
Some
diegetic sounds are enhanced later. For instance, two people are
at the beach. You can hear the surf rolling in. in order to get
better sound, the "surf" sound may have been taped separately
and added later.
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