We started looking at sound and how it works, sound is an important part of filming as it is 70% of the film is made up of sound. Sound is made up of digetic and non-digetic sound.
Diegetic sound is sound that comes directly from within the scene, either from an actor or an object that you can hear where the sound has come from. These include, for example:
- Dialogue
- Footsteps
- Gun shots
- Radio/Tv
- Car engine
Non-Diegetic sound is sound that has been added into the scene and has been edited after the filming has happened or to emphasis a noise from an object. It is sound that we do not see and it is in the background. These include, for example:
- Background music
- Voice over
- A sword being taking out of its case
We looked at a James Bond: Casino Royale stairwell fight scene which is shown below:
In this clip we found a range of sounds within the scene. These include diegetic sound which included:
- Dialogue
- Glass smashing
- Footsteps
- Breathing
- Gun shots
- Getting hit against the wall
- Kissing
- Door opening and closing
- Music in the lift
- Background music
- Noise as the knife was being revealed
There are also sound effects and ambient sounds that can be used within a scene which gives a sense of realism and helps the audience to understand what is going on, it is effective as they add to the action within the scene. This is helped by the synchronous sound which helps to match the sounds accurately to what object that they have come from, in the scene above this was used to match the sound to the knife as it got pulled out of its case.
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