Why is sound so important in film?
Sound is important in a film as it establishes tone and atmosphere to help give the audience clues about the plot and it also helps us to identify the genre of the film.
What is sound? Sound refers to everything that we can hear in a film.
What is a soundscape? A soundscape is a sound or combination of sounds that forms an environment.
What is sound design? A process of manipulating and generating audio elements.
What is "suspending disbelief"? Is an essential ingredient for any kind of storytelling. The audience would suspend judgement. It often applies to action, comedy, fantasy and horror genres.
In class we watch a title sequence without sound. We learnt that without sound we cannot guess the genre, there is no atmosphere and it lacks intensity. While watching the title sequence with no sound, I lost interest.
We also listened to a number of title sequences without watching them and found that we could tell the genre
Key terms
- Diegetic - Sound that actors can hear on the film set
- Non-diegetic - Sound added afterwards
- Foley Sound - Extra noises eg footsteps, punches, clothing.
- Synchronous - When the music matches the feel of what we're watching
- Asynchronous - When the music doesn't match the feel of what we're watching
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