Importance of Sound in Films

The sound is a technical part of filmmaking which is as important as lightning, colours, representation, editing etc. Sound effects and music can help to build tension and increase importance of a scene among other things.

Sound weaves the story by setting a mood and evoking specific emotions for the audience at the points they are supposed to feel them, especially where no traditional narrative is present. There is something intuitive about the emotions we experience from music and that combined with inspiring and fascinating visuals creates an unbelievable experience.

The importance of sound can't be underestimated. Without it films would not exist in the form we are used to know them. Even silent movies weren't truly silent because the background had a music that was setting a certain mood. Effective use of sound and music helps to feel the emotions and understand the story. That's why it's very important not to underestimate the power of sound.

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Evaluation of My Preliminary Task 2023

During this weekend I have filmed the short extract which will then be developed into a big short film which I'll release in the end. Though in my opinion, for preliminary task the job was done pretty well, I still think that there are some aspects to improve. The first thing to which I payed attention to is the wind noise which interferes the audiences to immerse into the film. It happened because though I was given a mic, I found it useless because my extract didn't have any dialogues so as I thought, there was no point in regulating the sound, I was mistaken. When I start making my main task, I'll definitely use the mic in order to prevent such situations. Another thing which needs an improvement is the moment in extract when the protagonist sees the group of boys walking and then smiles. The thing is that in my script they had to be just one girl with whom male protagonist falls in love. In addition there had to be the close ups so the audiences would know what's so...

Critical Reflection

One of the most challenging parts of the short film convention was the length. In my first pitch the story was so complex that it would about 15 minutes while my main task has to last no more than 5 minutes. In addition, the short films which inspired me like Eric Kissack’s ‘’The Gunfighter’’ (2014) and Charles Williams’ ‘’All These Creatures’’ (2018) lasted around 10 minutes. But what was on my side is that another key convention of short films is that their story can be simple. So I made my pitch less complex so it could last around 5 minutes. Talking about sound, the only non-diegetic sound in the film is the music which sets the mood for the film. A big influence on my music choice for the film was The Beach Boys studio album ‘’Pet Sounds’’ (1966) which is a concept album with songs linked to each other. This album largely focuses on such themes as love and relationship and it was one of the main reasons why I decided to dedicate my short film to relationship between two youn...

Narrative Theories

This presentation is about narrative theorists and what their theories are about https://www.slideshare.net/AndriiAzarchenko/narrativepptx-254440449 https://brianair.wordpress.com/film-theory/narrative-theories/#:~:text=Narrative%20theories%20suggest%20that%20stories,that%20move%20the%20story%20along.

Andrii Azarchenko

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