Foley

A means of supplying
additional sound effects,
and matching them to
visuals.
 ADR
Automated Dialogue
Replacment – the post-
production process of recording
and replacing voices on a
soundtrack, after it has been
shot on location.
 ATONAL
Music that lacks a tonal
centre and tends to have an
unsettling effect.
COMPILATION
SCORE
A musical score cobbled
together primarily from pre-
existing music, usually
classical works.
COMPOSITE
Used to describe a score
using a combination of
original music, pre-existing
classical pieces and pre-
existing popular music.
 CUE
musical segments created
specifically for moments in
a film.
CUESHEET
A detailed listing of musical
cues matching the visual
action of a film so that
composers can time their
music accurately to match
the visual images.
DIEGETIC
MUSIC
Where the sound is visible
on screen or where the
source is implied to be
present by the action/story
of the film.
DISCORDANT
conflicting musical notes
that clash or are harsh
sounding.
EMPATHETIC
SOUND
Music or sound effects
whose mood matches the
mood of the action.
IMITATION
This is when a melody in a
polyphonic texture is
repeated shortly after its
first appearance in a
different voice, usually at a
different pitch.
LEITMOTIF
Use of a musical phrase to
identify with a particular
character, place or idea.
 MICKEY
MOUSING
Where the music is synced
with the actions onscreen.
NONDIEGETIC
MUSIC
Where the source of a
sound is not visible on the
screen i.e..background
music.
REPETITION
This is where the sounds or
sequences are often
repeated.
SOUNDTRACK
The music and sound
recorded on a motion
picture film. The word
‘soundtrack’ can often mean
a commercial recording of a
collection of music and
songs from a film sold
individually as an audio CD.
 THEME
The term used to signify a
recurring melody of
significance in a film. A
Leitmotif is a specific kind
of theme.
UNDERSCORE
musical accompaniment to
dialogue.
Composition
refers to the arrangement of
different elements (i.e.,
colors, shapes, figures,
lines, movement, and
lighting) within a frame and
in a scene
 Composer
the musician who creates (writes
or adapts) the film's musical score;
contrast to a conductor (who
directs the orchestra's
performance of the score), or
a lyricist (who writes a song's
words)
Film Score
Music that is used to
accompany a film.