Perspective

1/11/12 Perspective. In this session we looked at perspective, how sounds change and are different depending on where the characters are in the film world. Also how to create this using soundtrack. We looked at a scene in the godfather. The footsteps, changing sound and pace help to build the tension it help to create the illusion of moving through a real 3D space rather than a sat. It changes the perspective, meaning that the viewer is more absorbed in the world. Equalisation helps to create perspective in the scene, again it helps to create an illusion that this is real and not a constructed world, it helps the audience believe the story. It also helps to understand what’s happening in the scene, where people are, and how they are moving around with in the space. Sound is telling the story when you don’t see anything on screen that gives away what is happening. Also the building of the sound to help build the tension, low in the mix, there are drums they’re not obvious at first when you’re not listening for them but you brain subconsciously pick up on them. Again this helps to build the tension in the scene. Lost Highway is another film that is a great example of this, the party scene especially. It shows how equalisation works. There are subtle changes in the balance of the music that show the movement. It makes s the sound more 3D more than being flat and only one level. The levels of atmos are also interesting, the sound of the party is quite low in the mix, and the prominence is in what is happening to the main character. The Bar for example the clinks of glasses and the pouring of liquor where as the sound of people is died down this shows what the character is focusing on. Again here is an example of sound helping tell the story. It is helping to show what the character is focusing on. The sound is a window into the characters mind with out having to resort to something such as voice over. The removal of sound is as important as putting more sound in. We also learned the technicalities of frequency and how that can make the sounds on screen seem 3D. I found this session extremely helpful. It not only gave me more ideas on the exercise it also helped me in the process of the sound design in my Drama film. It made me think more about how important it is to make space seem real in film.