Evelina week 7

Week 7: sound log

Sound is one of the most important things in films as they help the audience gain a better understanding of what is going on in the scene, as something we might think that the scene sound one way, but when you hear the right sound that has been put in, it a whole new thing and provided a different feeling to what we were expecting.  I've learnt there are 4 types of sounds in media that are used to create films; they are sound editing, diegetic, non-diegetic sounds, and music,  which both are used in one film. The sound editing is when  sound are usually built up in layers, with each layer representing a different type of sound; each sound is recorded individually in order to achieve the best quality. All the racks must then be combined and layered to produce the final sound mix, this process takes place during post production and is the referred to as sound editing. Diegetic sound refers to the sound whose source is visible on the screen or  source that is implied to be present by the action of the film:

• voices of characters
• sounds made by objects in the story
• music represented as coming from instruments in the story space

Non-diegetic sound can be either on screen or off screen depending on whatever its source is within the frame or outside the frame. Non diegetic sound. Non-diegetic sound, refers to sounds not explained in terms of any perceived source within the story world; like characters thoughts, and background music (which the characters can hear but the audience can). Non diegetic sounds are things like;

• narrator's commentary

• sound effects which is added for the dramatic effect
• mood music

Which are voice over, sound mofit, and stings; these give a bigger range of understanding  to the audience and gives a certain mood that the director wanted the audience to feel while watching it. Non-diegetic sound is represented as coming from the a source outside story space. A play with diegetic and non diegetic conventions can be used to create ambiguity (horror), or to surprise the audience (comedy), depending on the genre of the film. Learning about the different use of sound to set the mood and dicribe something, really helps me now as I know where my group and I have to use them in our film opening.