Preliminary Exercise: Introduction to Sound Post

What do you hear when you watch a film? 

- Dialogue: dialogue is a spoken verbal exchange between two or more people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8v9QoxFhRw

- Monologue: a speech given by a single character in a story. It is the vocalization of a character’s thoughts. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4u-c2cRiU-U

- Voice-over: a voice that is used to narrate information about the story of a film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb-U5ec38QE

- Sound effects: A sound recorded and presented to make a specific storytelling or creative point, without the use of dialogue or music. Sound effects can be created or enhanced for a film and applied after filming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWuneDSPevo

- Underscore music: Music that specifically accompanies a scene with dialogue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNE7kKeguh8

- Diegetic/source music: Source music or a source cue that comes from an on-screen source that can actually be seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JDpjGN3qNg

- Score: theme music; original music written specifically to accompany the film.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJq0YHjtI-c

What are the 2 main types of sound in film? 

Diegetic: Sounds that the audience and characters can hear. 
-dialogue, sound effects, source music

Non-diegetic: Sounds that the audience can hear but characters in a scene cannot.
-voiceover, underscore, score, sound effects

Knowing the difference in all these sound terms will be especially important when I have to sort out sounds in my film. Learning the sound categories makes it easier to start specifying what music or sound effects I want in my film. Looking for examples gave me ideas and technique inspiration.