1. “The eye sees better when the sound is great” -Steven Spielberg

2. Analog vs Digital Sound

3. What does sound do?
directs our attention to specific parts of the image
allows us to anticipate an element in the film and to form expectations
sound can clarify images, contradict images or make images ambiguous
creates and defines offscreen space
sound also gives new value to silence

4. Types of Film Sound
Vocal Sounds
(Dialogue & Narration)
Environmental sounds
(ambient sounds, sound effects, Foley sounds)
Music
Silence

5. Sound effects
Recorded for the film then added in (after)
Foley sounds
created and recorded in sync with image (during)

6. Sound crew Sound recordist Sound mixer Microphone boom operator
Gaffers (electricity and cables)
Foley artist

7. 1. Loudness: “sneaking in & sneaking out” “sound perspective”
Perceptual Properties:
1. Loudness: “sneaking in & sneaking out” “sound perspective”

8. Perceptual Properties:
2. Pitch: the perceived highness of lowness of a sound

9. Perceptual Properties:
3. Timbre: tone quality, texture or feel of a sound

10. Several sounds can be edited together to form a new, artificial soundscape just as several shots can be edited together to form a new, artificial soundscape.

11. Ambient sound (sound captured in the real world) Vs Dry recordings (sound captured in studio)

12. Fidelity: refers to the extent to which sound is faithful to the source we believe it to be coming from

13. Is diegetic or nondiegetic?
Is it onscreen or offscreen?
(Offscreen sound can only ever be DIEGETIC, sez Dr K)
Is it internal or external?

14. Others weigh in…

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