SOUNDBy Annabelle & Jemima

WHAT IS SOUND? Sound is everything that we can hear in a

movie- this could include dialogue, sound effects or music. It is used in films to emphasise emotions or provide us with extra information about the location of a scene, the persona of a character or to give the audience more insight into a plot.

FACT: 90% of a motion picture is sound. (The

audience can only look at one picture at a time yet they can hear dozens of distinct sounds all at the same time.)

TYPES OF SOUNDS IN FILMS: Dialogue Ambient or Natural Sound Narration Soundtrack Additional Dialogue Recording Score Sound Effects

DIALOGUE Dialogue is the conversation between

characters it constructs them as an individual or real person rather than an imaginary creation of a story teller. Dialogue serves the purpose of telling the story and expressing the motivation/feelings of the character.

Key aspects of dialogue include: Accents Delivery Vocabulary

Link to Quentin Tarantion

AMBIENT OR NATURAL SOUND Ambient sound is the background sound

within a scene which the characters are aware of. This can include the sound of wind, crowds, traffic, birds and rain. It is a fundamental part of a film as it has a number of functions.

It provides audio continuity between shots. It creates a sense of realism Eliminates any unnatural silence or sound

which are not relevant to the scene. It establishes/reinforces the mood.

NARRATION, SCORE, ADDITIONAL DIALOGUE RECORDING. Narration; the voice of the person that is

heard speaking but not seen on camera. Score; original music that is created for the

film and plays at different points throughout the movie.

Additional dialogue recording; This is when something ruins the dialogue during shooting for example the noise of a plane.

Eg Forrest Gump

SOUNDTRACK The music that accompanies a scene, this

means that it sets the tone for the specific scene or action and even when dialogue is not present the soundtrack can provide us with an insight into the major part of the story or the feelings of a character.

To construct a good scene it is important that the soundtrack relates to what is wanting to be portrayed for example if a scene is sad slower and more depressing music will be played.

Eg Jaws

SOUND EFFECTS Sounds which are added to a film after the

production stage in order to increase the impact and potential meaning of the particular moments within a film.

The purpose of sound effects; simulating reality; e.g. in a drunken street fight our hero is hit over the head with a

bottle. The bottle is fake, however it becomes real with the addition of a sound effect of a really bottle smashing, from the sound editors library.

Creating illusion; e.g. A teenager is sitting in the living room. The door opens and her mum walks into the room. With help from various sound effects it is possible to alert the audience that the mother has driven up to the house, parker her car, walked to the door and use her key to open it. None of this actually happened, the illusion was created by using realistic sound effects.

Creating mood; e.g.; a couple sit around a small campfire, the mood of the campfire is warm. If you add an of seen bird singing, the mood becomes lonely. If the owl is replaced with a howling wolf, the scene seems more dangerous and finally if you replace it with a gun shot, it is indicating that's human is near, which could provoke a sense of fear and despair.