Transcript Sound - abmediayr12exam

Sound
AIMS: 1.to define and differentiate moving image sound.
2. to analyse the effectiveness of sound in TV drama.
Do now- think adjectively!
• Listen to this piece of music.
• Write on the whiteboard an adjective
description of how it makes you feel?
What’s that sound?
You are going to be played a selection of sounds.
With your partner decide on what the sound is and write it down on
the whiteboard as quickly as you can.
http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/index.html
Sound
• Sound can be split into two sections:
• Diegetic:
• Sound recorded at the time of shooting –
• Dialogue
• natural ambient sound.
• Non-diegetic:
• Sound added or ‘dubbed on’ during the post production
stage –
• music
• Voiceover
• sound effects.
Use of Music
• Music again can also be split into two sections:
• Music Score – instrumental background music which is composed
for the TV Drama. Scores are often recorded after the show has
been roughly edited so that the composer can compose the music
according to the story.
• Popular songs- either written and composed for the TV drama or
borrowed for the soundtrack.
• Task: Listen to the following music and decide on the following:
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The genre.
The action or scenario that the music might accompany.
The type of character the music would accompany
The connotations of music- how it is supposed to make the audience
feel?
TV drama and use of sound.
• Task: watch this clip from a TV drama with the
sound off.
• Make notes on what sounds you would expect to
be hearing:
• Consider:
• All diegetic and non diegetic sounds,
• The genre of the show.
• Now watch it again with sound. How many
sounds did you guess. Did you consider the
music?
The importance of sound
• Sound is vital to all TV and film genres.
• Sound can often ‘manipulate’ audience emotions
and help ‘anchor’ the meaning of what we see?
• Plenary task:
• How is the sound used to create audience
meaning in the clip from the TV drama?
• Write at least 1 detailed paragraph. Then read
out to partner.
Sound Design.
• Sound like every other department has to be planned
and designed. The director will work with a sound
designer and other members of the sound department to
‘layer the sound’.
• The non - diegetic sound is mostly designed before the
shoot. The music is composed and recorded, sound
effects are collected before and during the shoot.
• Any voiceovers (if required) are recorded and dubbed on
and are often the last part of the post production. ‘Over
dubs’ of dialogue are also recorded at this time.
Sound Effects
• Sound Effects are recorded if a sound cannot be
recorded at the time of the shoot.
• Sound Effects are recorded by the Foley artists who use
whatever they can to ‘simulate’ a sound.
• Do now: use whatever you can to create the following
sound effects:
• A ticking clock.
• Pouring rain.
• Trees blowing in the wind.
• Crickets at night.
Other sound keywords
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Amplification- made louder
Bass – a low tone
Cacophonous – a non-rhythmical noise
Crescendo – a build up of sound to a climax
Digital- computer generated sounds
Discordant – sounds that go together
Mechanical
Melody – a series of notes that form a distinct pattern
Monotone a single tone
Oscillating –sound that goes up and down in pitch and
tone
• Rhythmic a regular pattern of beats
• Synchronised –sound working together with the visuals
• Symphonic – a collection of instruments in an orchestra.
Layering Sound
• Designing sound is much like recording music in
a studio. Each layer or track is designed on the
page before it is recorded.
• Once all the sound has been recorded it is then
mixed on a mixing desk.
• Task: in groups design the sound for one of the
scenarios. Feedback.
• To end: write up your notes for one of the shows
we discussed earlier. How does the sound design
create audience meaning?
Sound Analysis.
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Watch and listen to the following clip:
Make notes whilst:
Visuals without sound.
Listening to just the sound.
Both.