{AUDIO} ~ How sounds tells a story in film?

{PYSCHO (1960, Horror film)}

Sound can really bring our world and imaginations to life almost. In films, sound is one of the main elements into building the steady foundation together in one piece. So in other words, films won't seem interesting/exciting or amusing to the viewer. Their perspectives will seem so bleak if sound wasn't involved or doing it's part. What will they witness when watching the screen, if sound wasn't even an option?

Furthermore, we view sound in films to build up tension, to create that sense of dramatic imagery/scenery, to make it stand out more and eye-dragging. Not just that, it can view a person's stereotype. We can take the film 'Psycho' for instance, (A horror film). Throughout the scenes, the film is pictured in 'black and white' to represent emotions, mood and create dramatic sceneries. What might happen throughout? Leaving us with questions about it's filter. Halfway through the film, while the woman was taking a shower, a black shadow then starts to fade in close, so it seems like another person has managed to break into the woman's house without her consent. As the shadowy figure steps in close enough for us to see, it then opens the shower curtains in an instant, stabbing the woman aggressively and the sound of the woman's screams, like you could almost hear them from a mile away. Moreover, then leads the music to create that off-chord sound to represent how painful the killer stabbed her, which creates a lot of suspense and tension to it's storyline.

Here are some pictures to illustrate my point:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s22lNU5jXM4

{Digitals}

In the 'Digitals' clip, it started off as an 'uncomfortable' feeling in my perspective. Since I thought it was going to be based on a thriller also, so I had so many questions flying through my head already when I watched that first scene of the man looking at his computer. We then get an uneasy feeling from the sounds it makes.

Images to illustrate my point:

https://vimeo.com/35873217

{AUDIO} ~ Sound Analysis

{My sound analysis on the film}: 'The Circle (2015)'

{The link I used}: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VM2DGW7qow&t=185s

{AUDIO} ~ Creation Of A Film Soundtrack

{Out of the 3 clips, I've decided to choose Blade Runner 2}

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/402d7a_348edabf867741f798872c4025681fc3/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

{What sounds I can interpret from the clip}

- Pouring rain.

(Illustrating my point):

- Moving vehicles.

(Illustrating my point):

- Engines running.

(Illustrating my point):

- Voices of crowds on the street (Street ambiences).

(Illustrating my point):

- Flying away/Inside the car/Zooming across the air.

(Illustrating my point):

- Purge alarm/About to take off.

(Illustrating my point):

- Smoke coming out of the bottom.

(Illustrating my point):

{Where I got the sounds from}:

https://www.soundsnap.com/

{Sounds I picked out for the clip}:

My log:

{Adding sounds to video using Clip Champ}:

https://app.clipchamp.com/editor/ab04d7e0-b41d-4bc9-90e3-2e1ca9e7a223

{Result}:

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/402d7a_b2a8ba281356490a973ebae2d75e7752/480p/mp4/file.mp4

What was the connotation of your music and sounds?

Well, as I watched the clip entirely, since the clip is based on science-fiction, I went with adding space sound effects and technology sounds/often in a futuristic setting. I think the connotations of the space sounds and technology, can really give us a chance to explore the ways of science/machinery. When I start to see sci-fi on a whole new level, I can really feel the technology/space vibe when hearing these sounds. I heard the sounds one by one, I felt like the sounds was more in depth, like one vision for the future, in creating a link between the present and the future. These sounds I picked out from Sound snap, can really tell us how science-fiction invites us to consider the complex ways our choices and interactions contribute to generating the future.

How does sound work in the scene?

I think sound can create that feeling of a certain place or person, when they start to build up emotions, which also engages audiences by delivering information to them. It increases the production, it gives emotional responses, it emphasises what's on the screen/what goes on behind the curtain and is used to indicate the uneasiness when we preview it, when it's been put to good use, language, sound effects, music, and even silence, can really elevate a video/film dramatically.

What was your intention in terms of story telling?

It really gives me and others an opportunity to learn from another a person's experience and it can strengthen and challenge our opinions a whole step further. When a story catches our attention and engages us, we are more likely to absorb the upcoming message it is trying to tell us and can really uplift/expand on what inspires us, when we watch it.