Wednesday 8 February 2012

Sound - Understanding how to use it

My initial thoughts about using sound in film.
Sound is very important in terms of film, infact it is just important as the picture its self. Sound includes the charactors voice, which we need to hear to understand what is going on in the film. It also includes sound effects which can help us to determine what is going on in the film, for example in a night show where we cannot see anything, if we hear the sound of an engine we will know there is a car passing or pulling up. Then there is background noise, which we do not notice as much when we are listening to a character, but it can include things such as wind, birds singing or trees russling. And lastly there is music. Music often matches what is happening in a scene, for example in a film noir music will get louder to build up tention.
After doing an activity on sound, I am a bit more comfortable on what sound is about. I learnt about the different types of sound, including Diagetic&non-diagetic sound, synchronous sound, asynchronous sound, contrapuntal sound, dialogue and a wild track.

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