Monday, 19 November 2012

Journal 19/11/12 Sound design

Sound design



















What is sound design?
Sound design is the creation and layering of dialogue, background noise and other sound effects to create a sophisticated aural environment.

What does it consist of?
- Foley sound
- Pleonastic sound
- non-diegetic sound
- Diegetic sound
- Dialogue
- sound effects

What constitutes good sound design?
- Sound altered for audience to hear so they recognise the importance.
- Having the right ambient sound
- Having sound suit the situation

What are the three main sound styles?
Realism: All sounds are natural and sound realistic for the viewer.
Hyper-realism: The exaggeration of sounds
unrealism/surrealism: Adding sound which wouldn't normally be heard, unrealistically

Four main things
Dialogue track: The dialogue recorded separately
Wild track: Audio which is recorded but not synchronized with the video footage. (sets mood and keeps background noise consistent)
Foley track: Using additional sound to act like things are happening
Soundtrack: Adding of music

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