This week we have focussed on these terms related to sound:
Soundbridge - this is where the (usually) non-diegetic sound continues from one sequence to another. It is often used to link the sequences together with one similar meaning. A good example in The Street was where the three sequences of 'getting in the van', 'at the building site' and 'getting ready for a beer' all had the same piece of music underscoring them showing they were all part of the day's work and all were heightened emotionally by the strong bluesy mood of the music. A different example was in Criminal Justice where the sound of the telephone ringing bridged the cross cuts from the lawyer's sequences to the wife's sequences.
Ambient sound - this is a sound belonging to the diegesis (what we can see in the frame) but not necessarily coming from a person or object in the frame. Juke box music coming from another room or the sound of passing traffic or the muted conversations of a crowd in the background are all examples of ambient sound.
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