Sound has the power to create certain moods to create character and can signal events that are about to happen. The power of music can also manipulate audience’s emotions.
Sound is compromised of three essential ingredients
· - The human voice/ dialogue
· - Sound effects
· - Music
In TV dramas all of these three effects create the realism of the world
Two types of sound…
Diagetic sound: any sound or music that happens inside the story – music, footsteps, dialogue – helps to contribute to the realism and a particular atmosphere
Click of an opening door may be manipulated – increase in volume to show that someone is breaking in
Non diagetic sound: sound which takes place outside the story – provides an appropriate emotion or mood and can add realism
Foley - everyday objects used to reproduce everyday sound after filming. There to underline the narrative that is playing out, without these background noises, the clips feel unnaturally quiet and uncomfortable
Modes of Address
Voice over
· - used in TV drama as a narrative device – creates a greater understanding
· - First person
· - Helps us to understand the main characters
· - Allows us privileged information which creates drama (the bomb theory)
Direct address
· - When characters break the forth wall
· - Alternative to the voice over
· -Creates humour/ acts as a narrative device
· - Breaks the verisimilitude of the drama and stops the action taking place
- Soundtrack is used to tell the audience how we should be feeling (happy or sad) and the use of music is a convention of TV drama
Incidental Music
· - Adds emotion and rhythm to drama – not noticeable
· - Provides tone/ emotional attitude towards the story
· - Background music often foreshadows a change in mood – dissonant music used to indicate approaching danger
· - Links scenes together – music can be associated with characters
- The effects of sound are often largely subtle within a scene so it’s hard to detect
- Parallel and Contrapuntal sound
· - P – it complements the images we see on screen – meet audiences expectation
· - C – doesn’t fit the images we see on screen – challenges audiences expectations
Verisimilitude: how believable something is in film/drama
Diegesis: a fictional world on a screen that you are watching
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