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Research: Sound

What is Sound?

  Sound is simply everything you hear when you are watching a film. Sound can be as simple as a pencil dropping, or as complex as a portal opening. Moreover, sound allows a movie to feel pure and it can depict a character's thoughts and emotions towards the film's audience. The audience get's to look at the character and can tell whether or not the character is infuriated, depressed, intimidated, or joyous by just hearing their voice, or the audible music that could be played in the background.

Different Sounds in Film

  Different film genres have different sounds they are associated with. Horror films are usually associated with dark and gloomy music that allows the audience to be scared. There may be utilization of violins while the character is approaching their destination. 

  There are also diegetic sounds in film. These sounds are sound that both the character and audience can hear. The sound can typically be background noises in an environment. If the characters are near a construction site, then they are going to hear bricks falling, beeping, and even one of the construction workers giving directions.

  There are also internal diegetic sounds in film. These sounds are the thoughts that are in a character's mind that the character and the audience can hear. These are more like a character's internal thoughts. We can see the character's psychological standpoint in whatever situation they are in.

  There are also voice-overs in film as well. These sounds are sounds that the audience can hear but the characters can't hear. Voiceovers are used to give context about a certain situation at times. There would be a female or male commentating about a certain character or scenario.

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