(22/09/15)

Sounds

In today's lesson we learnt about how sound is used to express a scene and how they are used in the film industry. We learnt about the different sound uses and how each one is used to express certain characters and locations, and even emotions. Some of the different kinds of sound use include:

• Diegetic- is any sound that is from a person or object that is within the field of vision for the audience.
• Non-diegetic- is any sound that comes from somewhere outside the audiences field of vision.
• Direct address- is when a narrator or character talks directly to the audience instead of characters in the actual film, this technique breaks the verisimilitude because it acknowledges the presence of the audience. 
• Sings- are short bursts of music, sometimes used to bump together different scenes.
• Sound Bridge- is where the sound continues across one or more cuts/transitions.

We also learnt that sound is one of the most important features of a film, even more than the actual picture, this is because with sound the audience is able to use their imagination. Whereas wit a picture, its already there and the audience have to just assume what sounds would go with it.