Introduction
Sound in a movie includes music, dialogue, sound effects, ambient noise, and/or background noise and soundtracks. Some sort of sound is always used to enhance the movie experience. Sound in film is important because it really emerges us into a movie to help us feel like were in the movie, it helps the movie feel real to us by making us feel certain emotions and feelings when watching a movie. By submerging the audience into the movie, the director manages to create a connection between them and the audience.
Section A: Definitions and Examples
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Word | Meaning and example |
Sound in film | Background noises, ambident noises, or sound effects in a movie. For example wind blowing in the air or a song playing during an action scene. |
Sound engineer | Someone who builds sounds for a film, for example Ben Burtt. |
Soundtrack | The list of recorded music in a movie. After a movie’s release, a movie will typically release them in albums for example the Star Wars original soundtrack. |
Score | A piece of music containing a solo or many parts in an orchestra. Star Wars has many scores and orchestras in it’s movies. |
Incidental Music | Music in a piece of media that has music even though the media isn’t musical. It’s like a score however the term is used less for movies as opposed to say TV shows or videogames. |
Theme music | The song most associated with a film, usually played in the beginning or is really standout. Once again, Star Wars comes to mind with it’s iconic theme song which plays as the just as iconic text scrolls. |
Sound effects | The noises in a movie besides the music, for example the sound of a lightsaber or Godzilla’s iconic roar. |
Dialogue | 2 or more people talking in a film, it tells how we’re supposed to feel about these characters. Like someone evil such as Voldemort talks down to people and is manipulative. |
Ambient Sound | Atmospheric sounds in a film, they help build the world. Things such as cars passing by or wind blowing shape how a world is formed in a movie and without it the environments feel bland and lifeless. |
Voiceover | Narration in a movie, for example the majority of the film “Good Fellas” has a lot of narration. |
Section B: Becoming a sound engineer. Identify the types of sounds to support each theme.
What types of sound would you select to support the visuals in the introduction to movie set at a Cabin/The Woods?
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Music (List 6 words used to describe this music) | Suspenseful, build up, scary, tense, creepy, and ominous. |
Sound Effects (List 10 effects) | Wind blowing, a wolf howling, footsteps, birds flying away, bats, flashlights turning on, trees flowing in the wind, owls, thunder, creaking wood, and rain pouring down. |
Dialogue (List 4 lines or words used in popular movies to support your answers.) | “Guys, let’s turn back I don’t like it here.” “One of you will die in this cabin, and I know who will kill said person.” “Zoinks!” “Crap, door’s locked.” |
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Music (List 6 words used to describe this music) | Thrill, suspense, intense, fast pace, motivational |
Sound Effects (List 10 effects) | Shoes screeching, crowd, whistle, net swooshing, home teams anthem, buzzer, backboard, announcers, footsteps, crowd stumping, ball bouncing |
Dialogue (List 4 lines or words used in popular movies to support your answers.) | “Guys, coach is right” “Good block nick” “Nice three buddy” “The shot clock is almost down” |
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Music (List 6 words used to describe this music) | Suspenseful, tense, quiet, calm, frantic, not too fast but not too slow either. |
Sound Effects (List 10 effects) | Cars passing by, people talking, lots of footsteps, doors opening, police sirens, subway trains, if it’s an action scene there could be screaming, hitting, gunshots, and cars drifting by. |
Dialogue (List 4 lines or words used in popular movies to support your answers.) | “Quiet! Do you want to get caught? Keep a low profile.” “Phew, that was a close one.” “ Hide before they see us again!” “There they are! Seize them!”
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Music (List 6 words used to describe this music) | Intense, suspenseful, hyper, wild, electrified, heated, fury. |
Sound Effects (List 10 effects) | Car vrooming, second car vrooming, tires screeching, cars honking, car collision, police siren, sounds of the other car on the road, people screaming from the outside, swtiching gears, car door. |
Dialogue (List 4 lines or words used in popular movies to support your answers.) | “ he's on our tail” “ try to loose him” “hold on tight” “ watch out” |
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Music (List 6 words used to describe this music) | Wonderous, exciting, curious, optimistic, almost cheerful, triumphant. |
Sound Effects (List 10 effects) | Jet boosters, lasers, that noise that's made when something breaks the sound barrier, twinkling stars, beeping, a robot activating, buttons being pressed, a futuristic door opening, a robot floating, a robot beeping, and the ship entering hyper speed. |
Dialogue (List 4 lines or words used in popular movies to support your answers.) | “3, 2, 1...” “Blast off!” “Set course for the base on Neptune.” “Captain’s log, star date: December 12th, 3023.” |
Reflection
In this exercise I managed to learn why sound is so important when making movies. To make this assignment we didn't really have to split the work, but we simply started by looking up the definitions than having each of us list possible answers and we chose the best one to base it off with. I would say that my teams and I did amazing on the assignment because we managed to finish it on time with no major problem.
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