sound cue
Auditory performance prompt
A sound cue is an audio signal that prompts action, typically in theater or performance: The actor enters on the sound cue of thunder.
Stage managers track lighting cues, sound cues, and other technical elements.
More broadly, any audio prompt that triggers a response: The chime is your sound cue to begin the meditation.
- audioTransmitted sound content
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- beepShort electronic tone
- chimeMelodic bell sound
- alertWarning or watchfulness
trigger · tone · prompt · notification · theater · lighting · stage · stage manager · director · effect · timing · bell · buzz · mark · entrance · curtain call · house lights · music
- sound effectsringtone, boing, crash, howl, buzzes
- cuesprompt, hint, signal
- stagecraftstage left, stage right, center stage, downstage, upstage
- Film SoundFoley, ADR, Foley artist, dubbing, audio mixing
- scriptact, scene, line, stage directions, prologue
- sensory termshearing, touch, smell, taste, audio
sensory modality
sound cuelighting cue
Signal to change illumination
visual cue · blackout · set change · costume change · color wash
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