The Emergence Machine

Diegetic Sound

process · Cinema · Level 13 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Sound that originates from within the film's narrative world, such as dialogue or a radio playing, which is perceived by the characters and contributes to the overall cinematic experience, building on the fundamental concept of motion and the medium of film.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “diegetic sound” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
diegetic sound
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL13L12L11L10L2L1L0Diegetic SoundCinemaFilmImage… intermediate l…FormLifeStructureMotionActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesDiegetic SoundL13MotionL1FilmL11CinemaL12E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Motion L1 (requires)
    diegetic sound requires understanding motion as a foundational concept
  • Film L11 (requires)
    Sound that exists within the film's narrative world and is heard by the characters, such as dialogue or a radio playing.
  • Cinema L12 (requires)
    This is a cinema-related concept; understanding cinema comes first