Reaserch - Sound - Mr Smith

                                        SOUND

What is sound and why is it an important micro-element?

Sound is film is used to recreate understanding for the audience and to create more meaning about the character and about their emotions. Sound is also used to create a response from the audience.

Sound definitions

Diegetic sound- Sound which is part of the film world e.g. dialogue music from a radio or a jukebox. The source can be on or off screen.

Non-diegetic sound- Sound which is not part of the film world e.g. soundtrack, sound effects, voice overs.

On screen sound – You can see where the sound is coming from (radio, car)

Off screen sound- You can hear sound but cannot see where it’s coming from, but it makes sense to the film world (traffic sounds, coughing)

Parallel sound- Is when the sound you hear in a film is what is expected e.g. a scene with children playing on a beach the parallel sound would laughter, talking and the sea.

Contrapuntal sound- Is when the sound does not match the expectations of what you are viewing an example of this is jaws. The scene of the beach are accompanied by the contrapuntal sound of the theme tune.

Thriller scene analysis

At the beginning of this video you can hear the voice over of James Gordon reading the letter, and also a slow soundtrack in the background which would be both known as non-diegetic sound which means it’s not part of the film. 33 seconds into the clip you can hear the scrunching of the paper that was being read which would be a diegetic sound, as you know where it’s coming from but you are not able to see it.  At 1:45 of the clip you can hear the sound of people clapping, which would be known as onscreen sound as you can physically see where the sound is coming from.  All these different types of sounds are used to attract the audience attention and keep them interested and also try and make them feel a physical connection with the movie and characters in the movie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

What types of sounds are you planning to use and why?

In my film I am planning to use most of the sounds that we have learned and researched about, because each one of these different types of sound will bring something to my film, my main type of sound will be diegetic sound because I want the viewers to follow the film and be engaged with the film, but to add a bit of mystery I will add a bit of an off-screen sounds so that it can leave my viewers wondering.