Sound Editing - Unit 24

Mood and Atmosphere

The mood and atmosphere can be altered by the use of sound as it can make the audience feel a certain way as the audience will associate different moods with different sounds, this can be in fictional shows or non fictional shows. This video from Blue Planet is a great example of how the audiences mood and atmosphere as the clip starts off with some calm music that is relaxing as they watch the fish swim around. The music then changes to a faster paced beat which indicates to the audience that something bad may happen which it does.

This scene of Mufasas death in The Lion King is a great example of how mood and atmosphere can be altered in a fictional film as the sad, mellow music that they have used makes the audience feel sorry and sad.
Audio Fade
Audio fade happens in films often as they make sure that the beginning and end of the audio is smooth and it is necessary that there is a clear section of silence prior to the audio. The audio can either fade-out which means that the audio will gradually reduced to silence or the audio can fade-in which means that the audio will gradually increase from silence. These fade-ins and fade-outs can change the characteristics of sound as they can soften things up or intensify things.
Dialogue
Dialogue is a very important aspect of audio as it is in every film and TV show if it isn't a silent film. Dialogue can be delivered in many different ways which will cause the same sentence to have another meaning.

In film the way that dialogue is presented can greatly alter the original meaning of a scene. One brilliant example of this is in the sentence:

"I never said he stole your bag!"

Placing emphasis on different words within the sentence can give it an entirely new meaning. You can emphasize each word along the sequence, each will make the sentence have a slightly different connotation.

"I never said he stole your bag"

Emphasis on the "I" in this sentence can imply to the listener or viewer that the person speaking didn't say the statement, however someone else might have

"I never said he stole your bag!"

This implies that the character has at no point said or even considered saying such a statement.

"I never said he stole your bag!"

This gives the idea that the character hadn't explicitly stated that he stole the bag, but could have made implications and given small hints about the matter

"I never said he stole your bag!"

Emphasis on "he" can imply that the character might have said that another person had stolen the bag, but not the person who is currently under interrogation

"I never said he stole your bag!"

This sentence now tells the reader that the character might have said previously that the person in question has misplaced or borrowed the bag, but never stole it.

"I never said he stole your bag!"

Placing emphasis on another character in the sentence can tell the listener that the speaker had said previously that "he" had stolen someone else's bag, but not the bag belonging to the character.

"I never said he stole your bag!"

Finally, this emphasis can imply that the thief had stolen other property from the character, like phone, keys or jacket, but not the bag.

Voice Over
Voice overs are very important as they are great at adding detail to things like documentaries or the news or even fictional films. David Attenboroughs voice overs on documentaries like Blue planet and planet earth as he has a very good voice for doing voice overs as his voice is well known and enticing so people take in the things that he is saying.

Ambient Sound

Ambient sound is used in every film as it helps to create the scene that is taking place for example if s a film has a shot at an airport, the sounds of planes will be used to help show that they are at an airport. This video of rain forest sounds is a great example of what ambient sounds are like as it as a lot of realism or surrealism to a film which will help
Foley Sounds

A Foley sound is a sound clip that has been made using physical props by people called Foley artists. This then will get edited in to the film which helps to add more realism and suspense in some aspects of the film. This video of Matt Davies who is a Foley artist at Studio Unknown is a great example of what Foley artists do and how they make many of the sounds that get used in films using mainly every day objects that are easy to find with the exception.
Sound Motif 

Synchronous/Asynchronous

 Synchronous sound is when the sound is matched to what is happening on the screen.This means that the sound and picture have to be precise to match and make it look realistic. Asynchronous sounds are when the action that is being performed on screen is not matched by the sounds that are being used. This will be used when the director wants to create tension as the viewer cant see where the sound is coming from. The first clip is asynchronous and the second clip is synchronous.
ADR

ADR is Automatic Dialogue Response and this is the process of re-recording peoples dialogue if it is not clear enough in the original recording. Reasons that this may be done is that it might be to improve audio quality or to reflect the dialogue changes that may have been made. This just makes the production of the film to take longer as they have to spend time re-recording.