Diegetic sound: This is when a character in the scene can hear the music or sound
Non - Diegetic: This is when the character can not hear the music or sound but the audience can
Ambient: This is a style of instrumental music with electronic textures and no persistent beat, used to create or enhance a mood or atmosphere
SFX: This stands for sound effects
Mood: This means to set the mood of the scene with a piece of music or sound
Tone: A musical sound, esp. one of a definite pitch and character
Genre: A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other types of music
Theme Music: Theme music is a piece of music which is given to a character in a program, video game or even a radio show
Voice over: this is piece of narration in a movie or broadcast, not accompanied by an image of the speaker
Musical Score: can be the most memorable part of a film. This task falls to the composer, who will create an original score – or in some cases a music editor, when the score is made up of commercial recordings
Synchronous sound: this is when a sound effect is matched with another technical event or action-this reinforces the effect
Asynchronous sound: this is a sound which is indigenous to the action but not precisely synchronized with the action
Contrapuntal: this is the relationship between two or more voices that are independent in contour and rhythm and are harmonically interdependent
Silence: Silence is the relative or total lack of audible sound. By analogy, the word silence may also refer to any absence of communication, even in media other than speech. Silence is also used as total communication, in reference to non verbal communication and spiritual connection.
Selective sound: The removal of some sounds and the retention of others to make significant sounds more recognizable, or for dramatic effect
Sound bridges: at the beginning of a scene, the sound from the previous scene carries over briefly before the sound from the new scene begins
