Wednesday, 23 October 2013

Research: Sound

Sound in film

Sound in film is used to create an understand for the audience and to create more meaning about the character and emotions.

There are many different types of sounds, for example:

  • Diegetic Sound
Sound which is part of the film would. It is sound that is from something visible or present on scene. For example, dialog.

  • Non-Digetic Sound
Sound which does not make sense to the film world. For example, soundtrack to a film.

  • On Screen Sound
You can see where the sound is coming from. For example a radio

  • Off Screen Sound
You can have sound but cannot see where it is coming from, but it makes sense to the film world. For example, traffic sounds.

  • Parallel Sound
Where you hear in a film what is expected. For example, a scene with children playing on a beach the parallel sound would be laughter, talking and the see.

  • Contrapuntal Sound
Is when the sound does not match the expectations of what you are viewing. For example, in jaws the scenes at the beach are accompanied by the theme tune.

1 comment:

  1. A clear post and structure is clear. Terms are defined well.

    To improve;
    - non-digetic definition is not quite accurate. Write this again please
    -provide examples from thrillers to portray a deeper understanding of each term. You should also provide some analysis here on how these sounds are used effectively to create meaning and responses.
    - Thriller scene analysis. Analyse a scene identifying three effective uses of sound – use PEER

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