Sound

Sound Sound is used in a variety of ways in movies. In my opening sequence I may make use of some or all of these sound techniques. Music: Music is used to make the scenes more interesting by adding another element to the pictures. Music can be used to tell the story and also set the mood and allow the audience to feel whichever emotion is being portrayed on film. This clip from Jaws shows how important music is to a scene. When the clip plays with no music it is difficult for the audience to understand the emotions of the character whereas when the clip plays with music, the emotion of the characters and the triumph that they are feeling as a result of shooting the shark can clearly be recognised from the music that plays. Dialogue: Dialogue is the words that the characters speak. Dialogue is used to give the audience an understanding of the character, it can be used to control the speed of the movie and it moves the story forward. It is not always necessary to use dialogue, particularly in my opening sequence as the lack of dialogue gives the audience a lot of questions and it creates a lot of suspense. Voice-over: Voice-overs involve a character narrating over the top of the film. It is usually used to show the thoughts of a character who is not seen on the screen. Diagetic and non diagetic are two types of sound used in films diageticsoud is when the actual naural sound is being played and non diagetic sound is when music is being played instead of the actual sound