Film Language Tag: accent

Sharp or sudden loud sounds in any sound track component; these can range from sounds that stand out only slightly from their surroundings to loud, disruptive noises (such as gun shots); in music, accent is also used to refer to the regularly recurring slight emphases that establish and maintain musical meter. [See also stinger] Buhler, James and David Neumeyer. Hearing the Movies: Music and Sound in Film History. Oxford UP, 2015.