Sound of Movie

Earlier this week I learned the intricacies that come with using sound in movies. We went into depth about the different types of sounds, when is sound appropriate to use and insight on what the director is trying to portray by using sound. We learned a lot of key vocabulary terms as well, such as the difference between diegetic and non-diegetic sounds. For instance, a diegetic sound is any sound the character can hear, where as a non- diegetic sound is any sound the character can not hear. All these terms helped me understand more or less what kind of tone and movie I have in mind because music and sound influences that aspect of a film greatly. For example, scary films have a very suspenseful music score where as romantic comedies have more giddy tunes being played.

I plan on using sound effects because they do enhance the environment the characters are set in. I’ve also concluded that for my miniature film I will have to record a lot of ambient sounds such as the waves crashing against each other and seagulls squawking to create a more realistic beach atmosphere for the audience watching. I will most definitely use dialogue so that the audience can be aware of the character’s personality and authenticity. For the intro scene I planned on filming a group of teens dancing to demonstrate there is a party going on and having incidental music so that when the main characters speak the party atmosphere is not interrupted.

The foley project was fun to do and it gave the group an idea of ways we will be able to record sound for our film. We had to play around with different objects and sounds to be able to mix and match. For example, we used the opening and closing of a zipper to make the sound of a record being played like a d.j. I had also learned that you have to pay close attention to timing and making sure the sounds synchronize with the action being done on screen if not it looks odd. I know now that voice over is what it’s called when u record the sound separately. This project was a good preview and practice when introducing sound.