Sound

SOUND

Sound plays an important part in film. It creates the atmosphere for what is going on in the scene or what is upcoming later on in the scene. we watched a few movies involving these types of sounds to gain a better understanding of what sounds are expected horror and mystery films.





There are 2 main branches of sound, Digetic and Non-Digetic

Diegetic:

This is sound that is part of the action in the scene or sound from the action in the scene, it varies from the voices of the characters to the music on screen (instruments within the story) or off screen. This is sound that both audience and characters are aware of.

Non-Digetic:

This can be sound that is neither visible on the screen and been put into the action in that scene, it is sond that characters in the scene cannot hear but the audience can hear. This can be narration of the story, sound effects that will create the atmosphere for that scene, for instance ominous music in a horror film.

Sounds for the Production

There was a particular atmosphere we wanted to create, it took quite a lot of thought as to how we were going to create this ominous atmosphere during certain scenes within our media piece. It wasn't as easy as throwing any spooky sounding music into the production, we had to make sure the sound added depth to the scene, the above clip show is music that would be in a horror production but it does not create the desired effect we wanted in our media piece.

This clip isn't ideal either, it creates suspense but the group did not feel it would convey what we were trying to achieve. The sounds are too overpowering and would not suit our piece as events within the film do not occur so obviously, the way the music is suggesting.

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