Diegetic Sounds In Films

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Diegetic sounds are sounds that come from the movement or actions seen on screen or in the world of the movie. Diegetic sounds help draw the viewer into the film so that they think they are actually part of it. In films we hear familiar sounds that we hear every day and we can make a connection to them. The sounds that I will add will make the viewer feel suspense as well as a feeling as though they are actually in the film itself. The first sound I will add is known as an ambient sound. An ambient sound is an external sound from the environment that the characters are in to give the movie a certain “feel”. This sound I will add will be the pouring of the Booker’s Bourbon 130.6 proof. This would include a heavy clinking sound because the Bourbon

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