Summary on the importance of sound
When watching a film without sound it makes you lose interest as you can't really tell the genre, you don't understand what's going on as you're not sure of the atmosphere therefore it lacks intensity. Also the physical sensation (visceral) is lost as the sound is the one the creates suspense and tension.
On the other hand, when watching a film with sound it makes you more interested as you can relate more and understand the actions as it's linked with the sound. Also it's easier to tell the genre of a film because the sound is a convention of the genre. Furthermore, the physical sensation (visceral) of fear, sadness or amusement is emphasised with sound as it make to connect with the film.
Sound can also link the same genres together, for example a sci-fi genres would contain the same music of a high pitched eerie sound, over deep low drone sounds and as soon as the audience hears that particular music, then they automatically know the genre of the film.
Sound Terms
Wild Track: The sound the editor will remove, such as car horns or engines revving, and they will record new sounds for the footage.
Ambient Sound: Natural sounds you can hear from outside, which is kept in the film.
Diegetic: Where you can see were the sounds are coming from (film set sounds).
Non-diegetic: Where you cannot see were the sound is coming from (added sounds).
Score: Specifically composed piece (orchestral).
Voiceover: Narrating e.g. Flashbacks.
Dialogue: When more then one person is speaks, like conversations.
Dubbing: Dubs different languages over the top of another language.
Foley: Added sounds.
Synchronous: The music matches the mood/setting of what you see.
Asynchronous: The music doesn't match the mood/setting of what you see.
Sound Bridge: Links to scenes together with music.
Sound Motif: Sound that tells you a character is going to appear.
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