Synchresis

Perception that a certain sound belongs to the visual experience.

Characteristics:

  • Enables the logical-diegetic causal relationship of offscreen sounds
  • Provides impact sounds their perceptive power in a film
  • Generate the sonic architecture of the film, either onscreen or offscreen

Related induced effect: Impact sound; Onscreen; Offscreen

(Chion, 1994)

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