Diegetic sound

Diegetic sound

*Diegetic sound*: It is any sound where the source is visible on the screen, or is implied to be present by the action of the film:

  • Voices of characters;

  • Sounds made by objects in the story; and

  • Music, represented as coming from instruments in the story space.

  • Music coming from reproduction devices such as record players, radios, tape players etc.