Sound has always accompanied film even before dialogue; be it music, a bell, voicesSound Design (1979)1979 Apocalypse Now first utilized sound designWalter Mersch was hired by director to utilize sound designComponents of sound track1. Verbal-words that are spokendialogueoff screen voice-words spoken over the images addressing the audience (people on the screen do not hear it)“I” narratorsingingsource music: source of the music is in the frame (someone turns on the radio, characters hear it)underscore music: characters in the frame do not hear it, but made for the filmcomposite music: pre-existing music2. sound effectall sounds heard except verbal and music3. silenceTypes of soundsynchronous soundcause of relation between image and soundasynchronous soundno cause of relationship between image and soundused for…humor, suspense, metaphorex: A film maker might opt to include the background sound of an ambulance's siren while the foreground sound and image portrays an arguing couple. The asynchronous ambulance siren underscores the psychic injury incurred in the argument; at the same time the noise of the siren adds to the realism of the filmnatural soundobjective soundsound characters within frame and audience hearsubjective soundsound audience hears and characters DO NOT hearsound montageex: sound of music opening scenesound to sound montagesound to image montagemontage across the frame: montage between sound and imageex: as you move away from singer, the music gets louder in order to show that her emotions are getting strongerparallel or contrastingsound mix (or hierarchy)volume of sound based on importancesound comes in sizes and angles and colors (just like images)size=volumeangle=pitchcolors=texture of voiceyou can dissolve sound, superimpose sound, fade in/out soundchoreographed imagebeat and paceactors move or speak to rhythm of musicex: Victor/Victorialyrical interludecornerstone of a movieEffects of sound designIntensifies imageSound can interpret an imageSound is way a director can grab your eyeSound can be subject, source, or mover of the action of a movieCan create where and whenCan create charactersSound can be a motifIn order to EmphasizeOr bring you back to the previous time that sound occurredA lot of sound, time goes by faster. Less sound, time slowsSound can give you a special persepectiveAsynchrative sound energizes spaceWeek 7- Sound Design 06/10/2010 21:01:00← Sound has always accompanied film even before dialogue; be it music, a bell, voices←Sound Design (1979)- 1979 Apocalypse Now first utilized sound designoWalter Mersch was hired by director to utilize sound design← Components of sound track- 1. Verbal-words that are spokenodialogueooff screen voice-words spoken over the images addressing theaudience (people on the screen do not hear it)“I” narratorosingingsource music: source of the music is in the frame (someone turns on the radio, characters hear it)underscore music: characters in the frame do not hear it, but made for the filmcomposite music: pre-existing music- 2. sound effectoall sounds heard except verbal and music- 3. silence← Types of sound- synchronous soundocause of relation between image and sound- asynchronous soundono cause of relationship between image and soundoused for…humor, suspense, metaphoroex: A film maker might opt to include the background sound of an ambulance's siren while the foreground sound and image portrays an arguing couple. The asynchronous ambulance siren underscores the psychic injury incurred in the argument; at the same time the noise of the siren adds to the realism of the film- natural sound- objective soundosound characters within frame and audience hear- subjective soundosound audience hears and characters DO NOT hear- sound montageoex: sound of music opening sceneosound to sound montageosound to image montagemontage across the frame: montage between sound and imageex: as you move away from singer, the music getslouder in order to show that her emotions are getting strongerparallel or contrastingo- sound mix (or hierarchy)ovolume of sound based on importance - sound comes in sizes and angles and colors (just like images)osize=volumeoangle=pitchocolors=texture of voiceoyou can dissolve sound, superimpose sound, fade in/out sound- choreographed imageobeat and paceoactors move or speak to rhythm of music oex: Victor/Victoria - lyrical interludeocornerstone of a movie← Effects of sound design- Intensifies image- Sound can interpret an image- Sound is way a director can grab your eye- Sound can be subject, source, or mover of the action of a movie- Can create where and when- Can create characters- Sound can be a motifoIn order to EmphasizeoOr bring you back to the previous time that sound occurred- A lot of sound, time goes by faster. Less sound, time slows- Sound can give you a special persepective- Asynchrative sound energizes space06/10/2010 21:01:00←06/10/2010