Film sound introduction

In a film it is essential that we include music, without this the audience wouldn't understand how the character is feeling and it also builds tension in a plot to make it seem more interesting and so the audience knows what is going on. A meaningful sound track is often as complicated as the image on the screen, it tells the story that the film producers are trying to show and can either be sad music or happy music. The soundtrack often consists of three essential things: the human voice, music and sound effects, these three things are used in music to create different effects in a film and are sometimes needed to be mixed together, balanced and put into different scenes so they fit to the music that's being played. When the film maker has produced the necessary emphasis towards the film this then creates different effects towards each scene being represented throughout the plot.

The human voice - dialogue

When using dialogue in a film it is used to show the characters feelings and motivations by telling a story, rather than having a narrator telling us what is happening when you can see it from the character what they say or do, the audience also either hates the character or loves them. This often depends on how the character speaks or is portrayed throughout the plot, often when the film makers make a character they make sure that they have different personalities otherwise it would be boring and bland. By doing this they usually make a character profile to ensure that the actors understand what the character is supposed to be like and the personality that they need to portray. For example, in Broadchurch DI Alec Hardy who is known to suffer from severe health problems and he also had an up and down friendship with his colleague DS Ellie Miller, when David Tennant portrays his character he uses a lot of anger and weakness from his health to show how much he want's to get a case sorted precisely and quickly. Also when you see both the characters together you can tell the difference between them and Chris Chibnall (the writer) presents this brilliantly throughout the script.

Sound effects - synchronous sounds

This is where the sound is matched with what is viewed on the screen and it also relates to the realism of a film to create an atmosphere. For example, when The Doctor in Doctor Who uses his sonic screwdriver and it makes a noise for opening doors or if someone opens a door and you don't see who it is, this then creates suspense towards the audience wondering who the person might be and it helps to engage the audience into wanting to find out more and makes it more intriguing too.

Sound effects - asynchronous sounds

This is where a piece of action takes place but the sound is not matched to what is happening on the screen, but it does provide appropriate emotion to how the character is feeling or to build climax, the music may also add to the realism of the film. For example, in a film while people are acting there might be included an ambulance siren, it might not link to anything but it adds the effect that these people are in a real life situation and if it was anything like Casualty then it would link to people being critically ill or injured. Also using sounds in the background portrays where the setting may be either in a city or town etc. this might also show that something bad is about to happen in the plot.

Music - background

The background music is used to add emotion and rhythm to a film. Usually it is not meant to be noticeable, it often provides an emotional attitude towards the story or the characters. In addition, background music often foreshadows a change in mood. For example, dramatic fast music might be used to create tension of someone following you in a scene, also to show the pace that you are walking and how scared you are about getting caught by the person behind you. Background music may also link different scenes together, an example of this might be when music in Doctor Who is used to link every scene together and to also create a dramatic effect this might include using music like This is Gallifrey to express The Doctor's feelings towards his home town getting destroyed or something terrifying happening in a scene when he has to save people from an alien race, often to emphasise that he is a hero and no one can defeat him because of how powerful he is with his sonic screwdriver and The TARDIS.

I am going to make sure that I take on board what I have put above, to also make sure that I use these techniques in my final video, this then will make it stand out and will show different emotions that each character portrays in my two minute film as well.