Noticing Sound Transitions

I spent this past weekend in Guelph with my cousins, where they spent much of the time watching the entire first season of Glee. I joined in for episode five, titled "The Rhodes Not Taken." Throughout the episode I was more attuned to a few concepts we learned in class, such as the different kinds of sound transitions. The one sound transition I picked up on time after time was the 'sound anticipating picture' transition.

The first time I noticed it happen was in the scene where the teacher, Will, was talking to a coworker about meeting up with an old fellow student, April. Right at the end of the scene, a doorbell sounds, and it's only a few seconds later that the scene cuts to Will at the door of April's house, waiting for her to answer.

The second time I noticed the 'sound anticipating picture' transition was later on in the episode, when the scene showed a teacher and a student conversing early in the day. However, before the scene was over, the voice of the principal could be heard introducing the Glee club at the Invitational that was taking place later on in the evening. A few seconds later the scene cuts and we see the principal standing in front of a microphone on stage, introducing the Glee club.

As I continued watching episodes, I noticed this type of transition multiple times. I think it's so great that after one class my ear is already picking up on little details that are unnoticeable to many. I can't wait to learn more, and, in turn, hear more as the semester goes on.