A sound effect or combination of sound effects that are associated with a particular character, setting, situation or idea through the film. E.g. Rocky and Eye of the Tiger.

Sound Bridge

A sound bridge is a type of sound editing that occurs when sound carries over a visual transition in a film. E.g. J-cut and L-cut.

Voice Over – e.g. Forrest Gump

Score – the score for a film is the (theme) music composed especially for it to enhance the mood/themes of the visuals which appear on screen.

Underscore – the underscore is music which is played “under” sequences to enhance mood and this is often mixed with dialogue and/or sound effects.

Sound Perspective – sound perspective refers to the apparent distance of a sound source, evidenced by its volume, timbre, and pitch.

Film Score – a film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film.

My Favourite Film scores: Rocky (Eye of the Tiger), A-Team, Star Wars

Foley Artist

Punching – celery on a cushion with a cloth being hit

Bones cracking – twisting leather wallet

Sound Effects

A sound other than speech or music made artificially for use in a play, film, or other broadcast production.

Synchronous Sound – when the sound matches what we see.

Asynchronous Sound – when sound is not matched with the visible source of the sound.

Diegetic sound is any sound that the character or characters on screen can hear.

Non-Diegetic sound is any sound that the audience can hear but the characters on screen cannot.

Examples of Diegetic Sound in Shaun of the Dead	Examples of Non-Diegetic Sound in Shaun of the Dead
Dialogue	Music
Noise of the Zombies	Enhanced Foley
Non-Verbal sounds (Screams)

A sound editor is someone that edits the audio tracks in post production.

A sound mixer is someone that records sound on set or in foley.