Sound Codes

Music, can determine the mood of the News Cast and the News that it is portraying. If there is music that is upbeat the news is soft news, it evokes a good emotion and keeps the audience entertained. If there is no music during the news, this explains that the news is serious and any music here will be irrelevant and can cause controversy.

Silence can mean many things. It can be used when you are introducing a new topic, also silence can be used to deliver hard news or condolences. This gives the audience an idea what has happened and how serious the case was.

Sound Effect are used for comedic purposes. Sound effects have an affect on the audience and keeps them entertained and engaged in the News Cast.

Voice is based on a persons tone of speaking this gives the audience acknowledgement of what type of news is portrayed. If the tone of the voice was serious than we know the news is Hard if the Tone was happy, chirpy we know the news is soft News purely for our entertainment.
Source: Class Notes