non-diegetic

The blurring of the lines between diegetic and non-diegetic sound and music in Halo 2 is a powerful technique that, in my mind, makes the sonic material all the more powerful.

The Audio of Halo Wars – A victim of unambitious design Ben Abraham 2009

The blurring of the lines between diegetic and non-diegetic sound and music in Halo 2 is a powerful technique that, in my mind, makes the sonic material all the more powerful.

Archive 2009-03-01 Ben Abraham 2009

I had to look up "non-diegetic", um, and "orchestra" and "musical", plus a lot of other words, but it was worth it.

WEEKEND XTRA: ‘SWEENEY TODD’ REVIEW 2008

Rivette accompanies these scenes of potentiality with the film's only non-diegetic sound, a selection of stunning pieces by the Bulgarian women's choir compilation Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, music of such unearthly beauty that it is nearly alien, music that seems to emanate from and yearn for a world far beyond the corporeal plane.

Hurlevent (Wuthering Heights) Ed Howard 2009

The formal properties of cinema are laid bare, as they often are in Godard's films, and the soundtrack is particularly unpredictable, sometimes falling completely silent even when the characters are speaking onscreen, while at other times introducing non-diegetic sound to disrupt the reality of the image.

Films I Love #19: First Name: Carmen (Jean-Luc Godard, 1983) Ed Howard 2009

This absurd, non-diegetic intrusion simply passes by without comment, presumably a manifestation of Franz's subconscious, a recognition by him of his own equal status with the beasts, as acknowledged by one of the intertitles: "Man's fate is like that of the beasts."

Archive 2008-01-01 Ed Howard 2008

The music on the soundtrack here is properly non-diegetic.

The 10 Things I Hate About You Lesson Plan « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2006

And soundtrack (as in music, or voice-over), which is non-diegetic.

The 10 Things I Hate About You Lesson Plan « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2006

This absurd, non-diegetic intrusion simply passes by without comment, presumably a manifestation of Franz's subconscious, a recognition by him of his own equal status with the beasts, as acknowledged by one of the intertitles: "Man's fate is like that of the beasts."

1/8: Berlin Alexanderplatz (parts III-IV) Ed Howard 2008

Largely occupying Hopper-esque settings of transience to emphasize the thematic overtones of loneliness, isolation, and thus self-contemplation, we are treated to frequent bouts of manipulated frame rates, saturated colours and aggressively wistful non-diegetic sound.

MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS | Obsessed With Film 2008