The Importance of Sound in Film

The Importance of Sound in Film

What is Sound?

• Sound is the aural element and is also what we hear.

What is Sound Design?

• Sound design is the plan for the sounds that are going to be used with in the film.

What is Sound Scape?

• Sound scape is all the different parts of sound tat are going to be used and inter grated together. 

Viewing 1 - With Sound

When sound is added to a film as an audience we automatic feel drawn into the movie, this is becuase we can watch more and understand more about the film. The use of sound makes the audience feel engaged with what's going on with in the movie, furthermore it also creates and sets the our mood and the films mood. 

The use of sound makes the film and the footage more interesting and it can catch the audiences attention.  

Viewing 2 - Without Sound

When there is no sound added to the film or the footage we lose attention and become board very quickly, it can also lead to confusion. Sound is a key convention within film and with out it we tend to look for other things to interest us, what isn't film. 

Sound we think is there:

• Traffic
• Speech
• Music 
• Cars
• Street sounds

The Unity of Sound and Image - Sound is 50% of film