Research
Sound and video must work together.
It is notable that some really highly acknowledged films aren't actually that adventurous with sound, e.g. Marvel Films
In Marvel, sound is not meant to give an emotional response, but instead goes with the expectation of emotion e.g. high string at sad music etc.
In making films, music is used from another film, temporarily in the first few edits. This is then replaced and replicated by movie scores. This is a systematic way of reusing what works for the desire to keep it safe (a convention of films produced and distributed by the Big Six). This eliminates risk and does not attempt to emotionally connect to the audience.
Sound and video must work together.
It is notable that some really highly acknowledged films aren't actually that adventurous with sound, e.g. Marvel Films
In Marvel, sound is not meant to give an emotional response, but instead goes with the expectation of emotion e.g. high string at sad music etc.
In making films, music is used from another film, temporarily in the first few edits. This is then replaced and replicated by movie scores. This is a systematic way of reusing what works for the desire to keep it safe (a convention of films produced and distributed by the Big Six). This eliminates risk and does not attempt to emotionally connect to the audience.
Romance Sound
The soundtrack use in romance films tends to build the atmosphere with the audience and encourage a particular emotional response.
Often music is used as well as non-diegetic sounds in order to build the atmosphere with the audience. The music is usually slow pop soundtracks in order to fit the scenes and appeal to the audience and appeal to the audience, often it is music that is in the charts at that specific time or old hits with regards to attracting a particular audience. As MOULIN ROUGE is a romantic musical comedy, the music covered in the film is old classics that would be familiar to someone brought up in the 80s- 00s, therefore establishing a 20 year specific target audience. A non-diegetic slow soundtrack is particularly often used when the two main characters meet and begin to fall in love, indicating the mood and atmosphere as well as reflecting this onto the audience. Alternatively, if there is a character breakup, the music will often be quite bases and build up to a climax, creating tension and inflicting an emotional response on the audience. The climax in music is the result of a build in dynamic and pitch to emphasise their break-up and build anxiety among the audience.
Dialogue- The dialogue in this type of film is used to represent the narrative behind the characters and use certain character speech motifs in order to establish their personality. When the two characters converse it tends to be in order to develop their relationship, however in trailers this is often fragmented and taken out of context due to lack of continuity editing. In “The Last Song” dialogue is used to explain the characters to each other and how they are feeling, whilst sharing this connection to an aspirational audience.
Sound effects- in romance films, most of the time the sound effects are used to enhance the reality of the film such as a car, a kiss, the beach, mobile sounds etc. In teen dramas, there is a lot of realistic sound effects used such as a sting for the school bells and enhances talking to grasp the business of the hallways. This is also true of beach locations where there will be an increased sound perspective of the the noise of the waves, footsteps in the sand and the wind in order to show that the characters are completely isolated in their rural environments.
The soundtrack use in romance films tends to build the atmosphere with the audience and encourage a particular emotional response.
Often music is used as well as non-diegetic sounds in order to build the atmosphere with the audience. The music is usually slow pop soundtracks in order to fit the scenes and appeal to the audience and appeal to the audience, often it is music that is in the charts at that specific time or old hits with regards to attracting a particular audience. As MOULIN ROUGE is a romantic musical comedy, the music covered in the film is old classics that would be familiar to someone brought up in the 80s- 00s, therefore establishing a 20 year specific target audience. A non-diegetic slow soundtrack is particularly often used when the two main characters meet and begin to fall in love, indicating the mood and atmosphere as well as reflecting this onto the audience. Alternatively, if there is a character breakup, the music will often be quite bases and build up to a climax, creating tension and inflicting an emotional response on the audience. The climax in music is the result of a build in dynamic and pitch to emphasise their break-up and build anxiety among the audience.
Dialogue- The dialogue in this type of film is used to represent the narrative behind the characters and use certain character speech motifs in order to establish their personality. When the two characters converse it tends to be in order to develop their relationship, however in trailers this is often fragmented and taken out of context due to lack of continuity editing. In “The Last Song” dialogue is used to explain the characters to each other and how they are feeling, whilst sharing this connection to an aspirational audience.
Sound effects- in romance films, most of the time the sound effects are used to enhance the reality of the film such as a car, a kiss, the beach, mobile sounds etc. In teen dramas, there is a lot of realistic sound effects used such as a sting for the school bells and enhances talking to grasp the business of the hallways. This is also true of beach locations where there will be an increased sound perspective of the the noise of the waves, footsteps in the sand and the wind in order to show that the characters are completely isolated in their rural environments.
Social Realism Sound
There is a lot of diegetic sound used in social realism films, which actually create tension in themselves as well as splitting up scenes and making the narrative relatable to the audience. This diegetic sound is often recorded separately as foli sound, for example, footsteps audio recorded separately from the video.
There is usually sound motifs used in order to shock the audience and break up scenes of diegetic sound. The dialogue is often not voiceovers.
There is a lot of diegetic sound used in social realism films, which actually create tension in themselves as well as splitting up scenes and making the narrative relatable to the audience. This diegetic sound is often recorded separately as foli sound, for example, footsteps audio recorded separately from the video.
There is usually sound motifs used in order to shock the audience and break up scenes of diegetic sound. The dialogue is often not voiceovers.