Prosody

Tone and rhythm used by a person when speaking

We can easily identify the two characters arguing in the right window from the tone of their voice in “Let the right one in”.

Characteristics:

  • Can define context, characters and/or events with no material visual information
  • The intelligibility is dependent on narrative context

Related effects: Dialogue recording and post production
Related induced effect: M.S.I.
Related inductor effect: Dialogue variables

(Sonnenschein, 2001)

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