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WorksheetsTheatre Sound Key Words
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What is mixing?
Layering up more than one sound
Speeding music up
Altering volume
What is diagetic sound?
Sound that plays before a performance begins
Sound that the audience and a character hear within the play's world
Sound that plays during scene changes
What is an example of diagetic sound?
Music underscoring
Music playing on a radio
A voiceover narration
What is non-diagetic sound?
Sound that exists outside the world of the play
Sound that plays before a performance begins
Sound that plays during scene changes
What is an example of non-diagetic sound?
A doorbell sound effect
A dog barking sound effect
A voiceover narration
What is volume?
How many sound cues are used
How many instruments are used
How loud or quiet sound is
How might the use of music help to convey that a play is set in 1920's America? (Like Machinal!)
The use of rap music
The use of jazz music
The use of baroque music
How might sound effects be used to convey that it is the middle of the night?
The sound of crickets chirping
The sound of crashing waves
The sound of children playing
If the actors are creating the music/sound effects on stage this is an example of...
Live Sound
Recorded Sound
If the music/sound effects are played through speakers this is an example of...
Live Sound
Recorded Sound
