sound design

 Sound design  

 

There are two different types of sound in film, one being diegetic sound being sounds within the film world such as dialogue, and music in which the characters interact with suggesting it's in the film world. And the other being non-diegetic sound which is added to the imaging of the film in editing to add mood and atmosphere, this type of sound is not in the film world and can be things such as soundtrack. 

 

The best sound design matches the images so that the audience does not even know it's there as sound is there to aid the progression of the film. There are different layers to sound design such as ambient sound that gives a sense of location such as jungle noises if the film was set in the jungle area. Moreover, voice overs can be diegetic or non-diegetic and are used to tell the story or give details in an either liner or non-linier sense. Foley sound is the creating of sound effects through the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to films in order to increase quality. Volume can also have a big impact of music and sound within a film as for example crescendos can be used to build up tention. 

Theme music is a recognisable piece of music that is attached to a certain film or franchise, they make things related to the film more recognisable due to the musical link. An example is the extremely recognisable Star Wars theme music. 

Leitmotif is a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition associated with a certain person, idea or place/ situation, such as certain music when a character is on screen to attach meanings to the character further then what is immediate to the eye. 

 

 

(John Williams)

Below is my first attempt at a soundtrack added to my test shoot used to show filming methods featuring my mother.