Synchronous Sound- This is where the sounds heard in the scene match the image which is being viewed. E.g. If you see a character playing a piano, you hear piano music.
Asynchronous Sound- This is where the image on the screen doesn't actually show the thing that is making the noise. E.g. A heartbeat being heard in the background, but you don't actually see a beating heart.
Ambient Sound- This is the background sounds that help establish a location, these sounds together create a soundscape. E.g. In a scene in a park, you hear children playing, leaves rustling and birds in the background.
Sound Bridge- This is when sound from one scene can help lead in and out of another, so acts as a transition. E.g. Background music blending into an alarm clock going off.
Voice Over- This when you add someone talking on top of a scene, but the characters can't normally hear them. They are normally saying the narration of the story or they are saying whatever the character is thinking.
Film Music:
Symphonic- Performed by a large orchestra. Normally used in Dramas.
Melody- This is a distinctive tune played. Normally used in Teenage/ RomComs.
Atonal- This is music with no established key. Normally used in Horrors or Thrillers.
Rhythmic- A percussive sound which forms a beat. Normally used in Actions.
Dissonant- This is music lacking conventional harmonies. Normally used in Horrors.
We then had to choose a film opening and then focus in on how they use the sound to portray the feeling/ emotion and the genre in that opening sequence. The opening sequence that I have chosen is from the film The Holiday.
The music used in this opening sequence is melodic as it uses a distinct Christmas song whilst the production company is being shown this starts to reveal the type of genre that it is- Christmas and that it is also a light-hearted happy film. This then blends into a symphonic tune further revealing that the film will include romance throughout as that type of music has a romantic feel when played slowly. This music in the background is non-digetic sound due to the characters not being able to hear what's going on and this shows how it is for the benefit of the audience to set the scene for the rest of the film. However as the setting which they are in is a park, ambient sound is used which is also digetic so the characters can hear it, this also continues to add to the mise en scene for the audience. However as it zooms out you realize that the whole thing has been has been digetic sound as it is on a computer and then it goes into the rest of the scene where a phone conversation starts which includes asynchronous and synchronous sound.