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GCSE Live theatre review- Section C Sound Design

Ambient Noise-The sound heard in a room with no sound
sources

Microphone-What an actor speaks/sings into to amplify or

• PHYSICALITY record their voice

• Facial Expression Showing how you feel Radio Mic-A microphone worn on the actor’s body
with your face Movements How you are Soundscape Using a range of sounds to create an
moving on the stage environment for a scene. Repeated words or phrases can also

• Posture The positioning of you be used.
shoulders/back
Diegetic Sound-Sound that the characters on stage can hear
• Body Language How you are showing
character/emotion with your body Non-Diegetic Sound-Sound that the characters on stage
Stillness cannot hear (creates mood and atmosphere through

• Gait the manner of your movement underscoring)

• VOCAL

• Pitch How high or low Pace The speed of Technology/Effects AV Audio-Visual – projected or screened
your voice
Dry Ice Frozen gas that forms a mist or fog when dropped
• Tone the emotion you are showing Volume into water
How loud or quiet you are speaking
Accent/Dialect Different pronunciations Pyrotechnics Firework effects – usually electronically fired

Rigging-The equipment that suspends lighting and above the

stage Smoke Machine produces clouds of coloured or white
fog