Sound

Terminology of sound in TV Drama textual analysis includes:

Diegetic Sound - sound from within the TV Drama world. Sound which the characters can hear.

Non-diegetic sound - sound from outside the film world. Can include soundtrack, theme music and voice-over.

Soundtrack - music chosen to go with the moving images. Helps create mood and atmosphere.

Sound effects - usually added in post-production, can include gun shots, explosions and other sounds which might be difficult to achieve by recording on set.

Theme - recurring music which goes with a show or a specific character. EG James Bond or Darth Vader

Ambient sound - the natural sounds of an environment such as birdsong for a country location or traffic noise for a city. This is sometimes recorded as 'wildtrack'... which means recorded separately and added in post-production.

Dialogue - the speech of characters. In analysis feel free to discuss both what characters say and how they say it - their intonation and accent... always use the word 'dialogue' rather than speech or 'talk'.

Sound bridge - when the soundtrack starts in one scene and continues into the next. This helps generate the mood and the atmosphere of a scene.