Sounds Effects - Digetic and Non Digetic

Sound effects consist of sound that objects make, sounds that people make other than spoken words, and ambient sound.

Some of the many possible uses of sound effects are to help create a sense of location, intensifying a mood, enhance a humorous situation, or conceal a action.

Digetic Sounds

Digetic sound can be either on screen or off screen which depend on what the source of the sound is on screen and off screen.

Non - Digetic

Non-Digetic sound is sounds from off screen that does not come from a source, this can include music.