I believe the common term for this is "sound bridge," and can perhaps be
characterized as the sound equivalent of a lap dissolve.
 
Dennis Bingham
Indiana University Indianapolis
 
 
 
On Fri, 20 Mar 1998, Lang Thompson wrote:
 
> Is there a name for the technique where you can hear the sound (usually but
> not always dialogue) of a scene before any visuals appear?  In other words,
> while you're still watching the end of scene 1 you can hear scene 2.  This
> occurs infrequently in films but it's used quite a bit in the third season
> of "Babylon 5."
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