Media Studies A-Level
Diegetic and non-diegetic sound
What Diegetic and non-diegetic sound means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Diegetic and non-diegetic sound
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Sound belonging to the story world is diegetic, while material outside it, such as a soundtrack score the characters cannot hear, is non-diegetic.
Topics that use Diegetic and non-diegetic sound
- Narratology (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Audience positioning through narrative
- Causality and event linkage
- Chronology versus causality
- Diegesis
- Narrating voice and source
- Narration
- Narrative function
- Narrative structure
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