Sound

Diegetic sound: This is sound which is heard by the characters within the film and also the audience can hear it as well, eg: characters talking, footsteps, etc...

Non diegetic sound: This is sound which cant be heard by the characters in the film but it can be heard by the audience, eg: background music, etc...


On screen sound: This is when the audience can her the sound and can also see the source of sound, eg: radio,  etc...

Off screen sound: This is when the audience can hear the sound but cant see the source of the sound, eg: distant sound, etc...


Parallel sound: This is when the sound matches the action/scene in the film, eg: sad music with sad scene, etc...

Contrapuntal sound: This is sound that doesn't match up with the action/scene in the film, eg: happy music with sad scene, etc...