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SOUND

[10/03/18]

LO: To define, apply and evaluate Post Production Sound in film

What is Film Sound?

Sound is a micro element of Film making. It uses the audiences sense of hearing.

‘Sound refers to everything we hear in a movie — words, sound effects, and music. Sound is used in film to heighten a mood, provide us with information about the location of a scene, advance the plot, and tell us about the characters in the story.’

What are the two different categories of film sound?

Diegetic: Refers to all those audio elements that come from sources inside the world we see on the screen. Everything the characters hear. Including dialogue, doors slamming, footsteps.

Non-Diegetic: Refers to all those audio elements that come from outside of the fictional world we see on screen. Everything the audience hears but the characters do not. Includes the musical score and sound effects.

SOUND EFFECTS

Think, Pair, Share

1. Why would you add sound effects to films?

Sound effects can be used to add mood or atmosphere to a film by creating a soundscape that accents or adds another layer of meaning to the images on the screen.

2. What aspects of sound effects can you alter and why?

Pitch, tempo, and volume may be altered to indicate how the filmmaker expects the audience to respond to a given noise.

3. What meaning do high-pitched and low-pitched sounds communicate, can you think of any more different types of sounds?

High-pitched sounds, including screams or squealing tires, help to create a sense of anxiety, while low-pitched sounds, including the sounds of waves or the swinging of a door, can be used to create a sense of calm or mystery.

Silence: At key points in a film, directors may use silence in much the same way that they would use a freeze frame. Both tend to grab the audience’s attention to highlight some action or change in story direction. Silence can be used to build up a scene’s intensity or to foreshadow impending doom.

MUSIC

Music can be used for a number of effects in a movie. The most obvious way music scores are used is to guide the emotional response of the audience. They provide clues, or, in most cases, huge signposts, that tell audiences how the filmmaker wants them to react to a given scene.

Music can also provide an overture for a movie when it’s used as the backdrop for the opening credits.

Directors use music to foreshadow upcoming events. In horror movies, for example, the score is often used to build up tension and suspense just before the monster attacks one of its victims.

Music can be used to shape the ethnic or cultural context of a film.

SPOKEN WORD

In addition to giving voice to the characters (DIALOGUE) in a movie, two of the more interesting ways the spoken word can shape a movie are through VOICE-OVERS and by providing subtext to a scene.

Voice-overs are typically used to provide background to a story or to help move a story from one set of events to another. Used well, they can be unobtrusive. Used poorly, voice-overs can often seem like “the voice of god”, bringing forth wisdom audiences are supposed to accept unquestioningly. E.g. Shawshank Redemption

We all know from our own personal conversations that there is often a subtext to the words we hear. Subtext means there is an implicit (hidden) meaning standing behind the language we actually hear.

Sound Editing 'EMPTY ROOM' Process

SOUND EFFECT

24 February 2018

All of my sound effect are free sound effect without copyright, that I had been downloaded from Youtube

Laughing Man

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List of Sound Effects:

Sink Running Water (Ver.1)

Sink Running Water (Ver.2)

Hair Dryer

TV Static Sound

Open Drawer

Coffee Pouring

Door Open

Knocking Door

Laughing Man

Sink Running Water (Ver.1)