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Thanks to Aiden Chan - creator of some truly outstanding soundtracks here at SIS.


SOME READING...


Useful terms and conceptsThe Art of Sound - Rene Clair essay (1929)

FilmSound.org - EXTREMELY useful!

Some theories about film sound; also a useful glossary

Characteristic sound: A characteristic sound is a sound perceived from the protagonist's point of view. This sound is deliberately done to give an in-sight to how the character feels. This can be done in different ways, the sound engineer may use a diagetic souce of sound or a non-diagetic sound to enhance, heighten or emphasis a specific sound.

For instance- in 'The Matrix' (7:18 to 8:00 ) the computer says- Knock Knock Neo - therefore a very fast cresendo of a high pitch sound comes right before the big 'Knock Knock' sound on his door, hence communicates to the audience that Neo suspects that the anonymous person talking to him through his computer is knocking on his door conveying that Neo is scared.


Anempathetic Sound: A sound that contradicts or is indifferent the emotion of the scene, usually diegetic sound.
example: the continuation of the shower sound after the female character's death in the shower scene from PsychoThe sound continues as if nothing happened, which adds eeriness to the impact of the scene.

On-Location Sounds

Sound recorded at the actual location of principal photography, whether on-stage at a movie lot or on-location.Background sound such as honking horns or shouting people or even the noises of the film crew itself can obscure dialogue or otherwise produce an effect that the director does not want in the sound of the film.







SOME VIEWING...


Extracts
Sound and film - Media@SIS
Film scores and sound designs; the creators explain

A bit of help with Soundtrack Pro

Remove unwanted sounds!

Signs

Opening Sequence- The Conversation

Avoiding Bad Audio

AND SOME STUFF TO PLAY WITH...


Stock footage

Free sounds

Free music samples - good quality, creative commons licenses (ie, you can use 'em...)

And ... an expert speaks.


Murchie & Wong Video on How To be a Pro Sound Designer- VERY USEFUL

Professor Edward 'Soul Man' Murchie explains some of the principles of composing film scores here...

...And here

Finally - your creations


The Poetry Task

2009 Sound Task- Hollywood v Dogma

Soundtrack work

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