TV Drama:

What does TV drama sound like?

What is diegetic sound?What is non-diegetic sound?

• Diegetic sound is sound that originates from within the scene. The characters CAN hear it.

• Non-diegetic sound is sound that has been added in post production (after filming). The audience can hear but the characters cannot.

Listen to this sequence from a TV drama: Lost

• Note down all the sounds and noises you hear.

After listening to the sequence, answer thesequestions:

1. How well can you understand the plot with only sound?

2. What did sound suggest was happening in the sequence?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoGebTIYjPg

Watch the sequence again with vision and sound:

Then answer the following:

1. How well did you understand the plot?

2. Were you right about what was happening in the sequence?

3. Complete this sentence: sound is important to drama because……………

Question:

• Can you identify which sounds were diegetic and which were non-diegetic?

• What did effect did the non-diegetic sound have on the clip?

What type of music (non-diegetic) might be right for these types of TV drama?

• Hospital drama.

• Police drama.

• Youth drama.

• Costume drama.

• Football drama.

Note some ideas down.

Blog:

•‘Why is sound important in TV Drama?’

(refer to examples of diegetic and non-diegetic sound from the dramas we have watched in class)

Due: Monday 10th October

In this ‘Dr Who’ sequence…………

1. What ‘diegetic’ sounds do we hear?

2. What ‘non-diegetic’ sounds (inc. music) are there?

3. How does ‘diegetic’ sound emphasise certain things in the action we see?

4. What connotations does the ‘non-diegetic’ sound have?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NP8vLOrlI_8&feature=related