Sound

 

Sound

 

 

 

 
 
Sound Terminology

•  Soundtrack - The recorded sound element of a film
• Theme Music/Tune - A recurrent melody
• Ambient Sound - Buzz and/or surrounding sound
• Dialogue - Speech
• Voice over -  When someones voice is being dubbed over the top
• Direct Address - When characters speak directly to the camera
• Diagetic Sound - Any sound that has an onscreen source and belongs to the film
• Non - Diagetic Sound - Any sound that doesn't have an onscreen source and characters on screen do not hear it.
• Sound Bridges - Sound/s that continue from one shot to another.
• Parallel Sound - Sound that complements the image track.
• Contrapuntal Sound - Sound that does not fit with the image track.

How is sound used effectively in my extract?? IRON MAN

 

The extract I am looking at is from Iron Man this is an action film with many different sounds in it to make it very effective.

 In the extract there is a part where everything is quiet and I have described this as being very 'tumble weed' like, as there is not a lot of action at that moment. Also in the extract there is diagetic sound, this is a sound that has an on-screen source and it belongs to the film. This is effective because brings everything to life, with no music then the film would be very boring and the viewers would not be intrigued. In part of the extract the characters are travelling in a car and there is speech this kind of sound is called dialogue. There is a very large car explosion and gun shots this is effective because it is dramatic and this is also an expectation of an action film, the viewers are expecting to see a explosion if they are watching an action film, this is a convention of the genre. Sound can build tension and there is a part in this extract that makes it very tense, the main character is trying to get away from the gun shots without getting injured.