4. Use of Sound
Example 1
• https://youtu.be/brStDyPNI7w?t=67
Example 2
• https://youtu.be/brStDyPNI7w?t=131
5. Quote
• “I feel that music on the screen can seek out and intensify the inner
thoughts of the characters. It can invest a scene with terror, grandeur,
gaiety, or misery. It can propel narrative swiftly forward, or slow it
down. It often lifts mere dialogue into the realm of poetry. Finally, it is
the communicating link between the screen and the audience,
reaching out and enveloping all into one single experience.” Film
composer Bernard Herrmann.
How do film-makers manipulate our emotions with music or video?
Ok, over the past week Stephen and I have been researching the visuals & sound within movies, and for this intervention we intend to be looking at the history of movies and how it can change the atmosphere and mood with the audience.
Brief example of visuals an audio within films
So why is sound important?
Many would argue that the visual aspect in a movie is more important than sound. But audio is arguably on par with video, it plays a big part in conveying and immersing the audience into the foreground of a movie. It is the choice of music, effects and voices that are used within films that will determine or affect the overall perception, mood and atmosphere with the audience. It is also a means to lead the narrative, for example, the movie jaws always played a haunting tune whenever the shark was near or about to attack, which added to the story line as well as tingly creepy feeling which adds to the film.
Looking at the era of Silent movies helped us get and understanding to how movies have developed over the years. It was through the use of intertitles which can be seen above that drove the narrative within movies during that time. But it was the music and effects playing in the background that was used to help immerse the audience into the movie experience, as well as building the emotional effect it would have on its viewer. Interesting fact to note, is that the audio was overlaid in silent movies, meaning it could easily be changed or manipulated to suit whatever supposed scene on screen, whether it was romantic, emotional, scary or and action scene, building the viewer up as the movie progresses on.
Here is two examples of the same scene’s, which shows how music can be manipulate and changed, which can change the mood, effect and perception the viewer can have on the supposed clip. This shows how film-makers can change a directed scene, by just simply changing the overlaid music, changing the effect it can have on its viewers and emotions.
Composer Bernard Herrmann quoted, that music on the screen can seek out and intensify the inner thoughts of the characters. It can invest a scene with terror, grandeur, gaiety, or misery. It can propel narrative swiftly forward, or slow it down. It often lifts mere dialogue into the realm of poetry. Finally, it is the communicating link between the screen and the audience, reaching out and enveloping all into one single experience.
The 1960 movie Psycho is a good example in terms of “Bernard Herrmann’s” quote, that music is the communicating link between the screen and the audience. The shower scene from the movie is a good example to show how sound can be important and misleading if not presented in the directed scene.
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Would you agree or not, that the added audio has more of an impact on you are not?
So what are emotions, emotions basically rule our daily lives, it is a decision we make based on whether we are happy, angry, bored or frustrated. These are all elements which we experience whenever watching a film.
So now were going to show use three different movie examples, and see how each person reacts for each one.
So now were going to show three different movie examples, and see how each person reacts for each one.
