Sound

Within media productions there are multiple types of sound which are used in many different films throughout films. These are:

• Diegetic sound-sound that fits the world of the film. So an explosion happening in the middle of a battle scene.

• Non-diegetic sound- sound that is added into the work, the world of the film can not hear it. This is often used in horror films to hint the audience that something is about to happen as it creates an atmosphere.
• On screen sound- sound that is diegetic and fits to the action happening on screen
• Off screen sound-sound that again is diegetic but occurs out of the scene for e.g somebody coming into a room, we may not see them come in but we can hear them enter. Often seen in James Bond films, where the protagonist's body guards are heard walking into a room to surround James Bond.
• Parallel sound-This sound fits to the action e.g suspenseful music at a suspenseful time during a certain sequence in a film.
• Contrapuntal sound-This sound doesn't fit into what is happening on screen. E.g benny hill music being played over a scene of a funeral 
• Sound bridge-A sound bridge is sound that carries on from one scene to another, it allows the scenes to flow nicely.

The use of sound is very important in any media production and sometimes even the lack of sound is effective. If there was no sound whatsoever it will be hard for the audience to guess what might happen next and they may get bored eventually.