Diegetic and Non Diegetic Sound.

Diegetic and Non Diegetic Sound is very simple. They are essentially the two different types of sound you here when watching a film or a TV programme. In this post I will talk about which each one is and some examples of them.

Diegetic Sound.

Diegetic sound is the sound which source can be seen in the scene. It's is also the sound of things that can't actually be seen but you can easily know that it is within the scene. The sounds are recorded either when the scene is actually being recorded or is put in after in post production using a foley stage, which is a room full of things to make sounds which can be interpreted into the scene. Some examples of this would be walking on gravel or an alarm clock going off. Most of the sound in a film or programme is diegetic.

Non Diegetic

Non diegetic sound is the sound which is not meant to come from the scene or is off screen. This is added afterwards on post production. They usually consist of sound effects added in like gunshots and explosions which obviously wouldn't of been able to been recorded on the day. Another example of type of Non diegetic sound is a soundtrack, which have to be added afterwards. The soundtrack is used to emphasise the feel of the film, for example a light hearted song would go with a quite qwerky scene. They are also used to set ambience. A soundtrack can be an actual music track or composed especially for the film or programme.

So in summary, Diegetic sound is sound which source can be seen or presented in the scene and Non diegetic sound is sound which isn't supposed to come from within the scene but from a source which isn't there.