Preliminary Exercise 13: Introduction to Sound in Film (Be a Sound Engineer)

 Preliminary Exercise 13: Introduction to Sound in Film (Be a Sound Engineer)

Introduction paragraph

Sound in film are audio cues placed inside of films that provide storytelling and tone. Sound enhances a movie by helping build the tone and emotion of a film as well as build the plot with audio. When I watch a film I tend to listen to the music and sound effects of things especially in sci fi films like Star Wars. Sound supports the genre, characters, and setting by offering audio cues people can associate with a specific genre, character, or setting like a theme song for a hero or a windy sound in a haunted forest are all sounds we can use to associate between each other. Sound supports the atmosphere of the film by determining the actual tone of the scene, it can have a somber song or lonely audio cues which builds the atmosphere well inside of films. Sound can create audience engagement by captivating their attention with action packed audios or thrilling effects. 

Reflection paragraph

I learnt a lot about sound's role in film and how important it is to include and use. Me and my partner Dorine B. split the work into two as I worked on the first part and she worked on the second part with a bit of my help after I finished my section. Me and my partner worked on school given laptops and finished this assignment on Office365, I would say we were well versed in using Word for this assignment. I would say me and my team did well on this assignment and met the criteria for it.

Car Chase (Action)
Music  (List 6 words used to describe this music)	Fast, Suspenseful,
Sound Effects  (List 10 effects)	Police sirens, car horns, people screaming, tires screeching,
Dialogue  (List 4 lines or words used in popular movies to support your answers.)	“They’re catching up”  “Speed up”  “Make a right”  “Put the pedal on it”

A Cabin in The Woods (Horror)
Music  (List 6 words used to describe this music)	Suspenseful, Fast, Ominous, Scary, Anxious, Dark
Sound Effects  (List 10 effects)	Screams, creaking doors, wind, howling, fire, ghostly moans, footsteps, whispers, knocking, heavy breathing
Dialogue  (List 4 lines or words used in popular movies to support your answers.)	“I think we should leave...”   “ Is anybody there”   “I think I hear something”  “Who's that...”

Word	Meaning and example
Sound in film	Audio cues placed inside of films that can provide storytelling and tone. (Water splashing)
Sound engineer	Sound engineers are technicians that work with audio for films and performances. (Star Wars sound engineer is Ben Burtt)
Soundtrack	Audio recordings used inside of a film production. (Star Wars Original Trilogy Soundtrack by John Williams)
Score	Original music written and made for a specific film. (Marvel Spiderman’s Score)
Incidental Music	Music written to follow alongside a dramatic or suspenseful portion of a film. (Battle Music for the Avengers)
Theme music	A song or melody made for a specific character. (Batman's theme)
Sound effects	A artificial audio cue made to be placed inside a film scene. (Star Wars lightsaber sound)
Dialogue	Conversation or speech within a film. (“May the Force be with you” Star Wars, a piece of dialogue used repeatedly between multiple characters)
Ambient Sound	Ambient sound is the background or surrounding sound that’s present in the scene. (The rain and weather effects in Bladerunner)
Voiceover	A piece of narration in a movie or broadcast from a person who's not shown on screen. (Robert De Niro’s narration in Taxi Driver)