Sound
Tuesday 18th September 2018:
In todays lesson with Justin, we learnt about the different types of sound in film and how/why it's used. We watched clips from different films to see ways in which they used sound to create a certain effect or mood; sound is a vital part of film as it helps the audience to get a better understanding of what's happening and what the mood should be like.
Diegetic:
This is sound that happens in the film world, so sounds that would be heard by the characters in the film, such as a gun shot or dialogue. The film "The hateful 8" uses a lot of dialogue as it's a very communication based film. This is something that both them and the audience would hear throughout the film.
Non-diegetic:
This is sound that is only heard by the audience, such as music or a voice over. This can be used to emphasize whats going on in a scene or to create tension, for example, the film Jaws uses a song that slowly speeds up so that the scene gets built up, right before the shark comes along. It lets them know something is about to happen but they're not quite sure what it is.
Contrapuntal sound:
This is sound that strongly contrasts with the scene. It is used to disorientate/confuse the audience. One example we looked at for this was a scene from "Clockwork Orange" as it shows a scene of boys breaking into a house a beating a husband and wife, whilst destroying their home but they're singing "singing in the rain", which is meant to be an uplifting song but now has a darker meaning associated to it.
Parallel sound:
This sound matches the mood/tone of whats going on the scene. It goes hand in hand with whats happening and helps the audience to get more into the scene. An example of this would be the Imperial March in the Star Wars film when Darth-vadar enters the scene. The song is always associated with him, and its quite dark and bass heavy which shows the audience he is a dark, evil character.
Exaggerated/pleonastic sound:
This is used to tighten emotion or meaning in a scene. It is used to reinforce characters threatening nature when present on scene. This can emphasize the emotional impact of a specific action. An example of this would be when footsteps are heightened in film such as "No country for old men". This film actually doesn't use any non-diegetic sound; everything you hear happens in the world of the film which, in a way, makes it more suspenseful as you don't know whats going to happen or when. Normally, sound is used to build up a scene and it's normally easy to tell when something is about to happen, e.g. a jump-scare. But with this film, it just happens out of nowhere and leaves the audience shocked and at the edge of their seats.
Foley sound:
These are sounds that are added in post-production. Boom operators pick up dialogue, which means that any sounds that are made within the film (footsteps, rain, wind, etc.) need to be made and added afterwards by Foley artists. They use all sorts of props to get the desired sound, for example, in a video we watched about Foley they used a bucket of water and a tub for the sound effect of a waterfall.
Here's a clip to the video we watched in class today about Foley.
In todays lesson with Justin, we learnt about the different types of sound in film and how/why it's used. We watched clips from different films to see ways in which they used sound to create a certain effect or mood; sound is a vital part of film as it helps the audience to get a better understanding of what's happening and what the mood should be like.
Diegetic:This is sound that happens in the film world, so sounds that would be heard by the characters in the film, such as a gun shot or dialogue. The film "The hateful 8" uses a lot of dialogue as it's a very communication based film. This is something that both them and the audience would hear throughout the film.
Non-diegetic:
This is sound that is only heard by the audience, such as music or a voice over. This can be used to emphasize whats going on in a scene or to create tension, for example, the film Jaws uses a song that slowly speeds up so that the scene gets built up, right before the shark comes along. It lets them know something is about to happen but they're not quite sure what it is.
Contrapuntal sound:
This is sound that strongly contrasts with the scene. It is used to disorientate/confuse the audience. One example we looked at for this was a scene from "Clockwork Orange" as it shows a scene of boys breaking into a house a beating a husband and wife, whilst destroying their home but they're singing "singing in the rain", which is meant to be an uplifting song but now has a darker meaning associated to it.
Parallel sound:
This sound matches the mood/tone of whats going on the scene. It goes hand in hand with whats happening and helps the audience to get more into the scene. An example of this would be the Imperial March in the Star Wars film when Darth-vadar enters the scene. The song is always associated with him, and its quite dark and bass heavy which shows the audience he is a dark, evil character.
Exaggerated/pleonastic sound:
This is used to tighten emotion or meaning in a scene. It is used to reinforce characters threatening nature when present on scene. This can emphasize the emotional impact of a specific action. An example of this would be when footsteps are heightened in film such as "No country for old men". This film actually doesn't use any non-diegetic sound; everything you hear happens in the world of the film which, in a way, makes it more suspenseful as you don't know whats going to happen or when. Normally, sound is used to build up a scene and it's normally easy to tell when something is about to happen, e.g. a jump-scare. But with this film, it just happens out of nowhere and leaves the audience shocked and at the edge of their seats.
Foley sound:
These are sounds that are added in post-production. Boom operators pick up dialogue, which means that any sounds that are made within the film (footsteps, rain, wind, etc.) need to be made and added afterwards by Foley artists. They use all sorts of props to get the desired sound, for example, in a video we watched about Foley they used a bucket of water and a tub for the sound effect of a waterfall.Here's a clip to the video we watched in class today about Foley.
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