TV Drama – Sound

Lesson 1

Here is a PowerPoint on sound in film & TV drama.

It contains all the key words you need to use to describe types of sound in your textual analysis essay, it also gives some examples from film.

Lesson 2

Task

You should then analyse the sounds in this TV drama sequence and answer the essay beneath.

Analyse the sound in this sequence from Merlin directed by James Hawes. Analyse how the sound helps develop and represent a sense of place, character and story. You should analyse the following features of the sound:

  • Diegetic Sound
    • Ambient Sound
    • Environmental Sounds Events (Foley)
    • Dialogue
  • Non-Diegetic Sounds
    • Music
    • Sound Effects / Sound Stabs

 

A worksheet with all the terminology included: Sound Notes

Here is a site which is about to describe music.

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