Task 16: Why is sound so important in film?

Why is sound so important in a film? 

What is sound?

Sound produced by continuous vibrations or noise which can be heard

What is soundscape?

Lots of different sounds put together to make an impact

Reasons why sound is important because

• dialogue helps follow the story - increases understanding 
• helps set atmosphere and tone 
• helps to quickly establish the genre of the film 
• provides more engaging realistic 

Sound is very important because it helps us to follow dialogue in a film and it also helps increase our understanding on what is actually happening in the scenes, therefore helping us to understand the plot of the movie.

In class we looked at three of the same scenes of Star Wars. One was with just diegetic sound the second one was with only non-diegetic sound and the last one was it with both diegetic and non-diegetic sound.

Scene with only Diegetic sound
The scene did look realistic because there was no non-diegetic music. I heard footsteps, raindrops and light sabers clashing against each other. I felt that it lacked emotion and i couldn't tell when we came to a tense scene because there was no atmosphere or no suspense building up. I didn't feel interested in watching it because i didn't feel dragged into watching the film because i didn't feel apart of the experience.

Scene with only Non-diegetic sound
when i watched the same scene but with only non-diegetic music i think that it was more interesting than when it had only diegetic sound in my opinion. This is because i could feel tension and suspense building i could feel when it become an important scene also i felt like i was apart of the experience. Also when the music was building up it dragged me closer and made me pay more attention to the film because i could feel something was going to happen and made me eager to find out. Also with non-diegetic it creates a sense of atmosphere and gives an idea to the audience what type of scene it will be. However it did lack authenticity because i couldn't hear any dialogue or any movement such as footsteps and raindrops this made me bit clueless to what is happening in the film.

Scene with both Diegetic sound and Non-diegetic sound
After watching the two previous clips i could definitely notice the impact of what both diegetic and non-diegetic sound bring to a film. I was able to hear some dialogue, footsteps and raindrops which added the realistic aspect of the film. While the non-diegetic sound helped create and atmosphere and help create tension and suspense into the film which helps to drag in the audience into watching the film.