Sound effects (or
audio effects) are artificially created or enhanced
sounds, or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of films, television shows, live performance, animation,
video games, music, or other media. In
motion picture and
television production, a sound effect is a sound recorded and presented to make a specific storytelling or creative point
without the use of dialogue or music. The term often refers to a process applied to a recording, without necessarily referring to the recording itself. In professional motion picture and television production,
dialogue,
music, and sound effects recordings are treated as separate elements. Dialogue and music recordings are never referred to as sound effects, even though the processes applied to such as
reverberation or
flanging effects, often are called "sound effects".