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Fam 1000s - Sound notes
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Sound Sound is another way in which the majority of films we watch reinforce seamless
narrative and “reality”.
A sound track as an ongoing stream of auditory information, not as a set of discrete
sound bits.
It shapes our understanding of images.
When we talk about sound, we are often referring to synchronised sound, which is
often added to the film in post-production.
In Marxist terms, sound “hides” the work of the filmmaking process by faithfully
recreating the sounds of the real world on film.
Colour and sound were the two great innovations in film in the 20s and 30s.
We are wrong to think that sound only refers to synchronised sound.
Sound was always a part of movies.
In early silent films, the film was often accompanied by live music.
The benshi in Japanese theatre:
o Stood in the theatre and interpreted the action to the audience.
o Strangely, the benshi was still a part of Japanese cinema even after
synchronised sound arrived.
Four types of cinematic sound:
Music.
Noise (sound effects).
Dialogue.
Ambient sound/room tone.
Diegetic and non-diegetic sound:
Diegetic sound – all sound that is audible to characters in the story world, including
dialogue and noises (has a source in the story world).
Non-diegetic sound – any sound not audible to the characters (comes from a source
outside the story).
Internal diegetic sound – a character’s audible thoughts.
External diegetic sound – the sound has a physical source in the scene.
Diegetic drop out – occurs when background noise in a scene fades out to focus
attention on dialogue.
Pre-recorded music can be used diegetically.
We might hear a voice which seems to be a voiceover, but then we discover that the
character is actually in conversation with the diegesis.
All forms of sound can:
Direct attention.
Cue expectations and interpretations.
Amplify or undermine realism.
Noise:
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