WHY IS SOUND IMPORTANT IN FILM?
Sound can be defined as vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard. There are different types of sound used in film and they have different effects on the film. Sound is important because:
- It helps set atmosphere and tone: Non - diegetic music in particular provides an ambience for a scene of a film, it helps to manipulate the audience into feeling a specific emotion therefore creating a sense of realism.
- Suspends disbelief: Without sound audiences do not know how to respond to a film. Layering of non-diegetic, diegetic sounds and dialogue allows an audience to be involved with a film and helps them understand what is going on.
- Provides more engaging scenes: With the accompany of sound scenes in a film become more interesting to watch. Without sound a film can become very dull and confusing which will make audiences not want to watch.
- Helps establish genre: There are specific sounds audiences expect to here in certain genres. For example in horror films typically have sounds that build up into a crescendo or low tones to frighten the audience.
