CTCS 190g Final: Final Studyguide
27 May 2016
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Verbal elements dialogue, off-screen narration (addressed to audience), singing. Musical elements source music (heard by characters), underscoring (not heard by characters) Sound effects non-verbal/musical components silence and effects: meaning. Authoritative voice of god (remains off screen; narrates in 3rd person) Silent films were not really silent; used music (piano, orchestra) sound effects people, narrators, allefax (sound effects machines that generated up to 750) Asynchronous sound/image mismatch; often for metaphor. Sound montage relationship between sound and other elements. Hierarchy of sound changing mix (e. g. quiet vs. loud) changes scene impact: meaning. Having one sound overlap another to create movement or thrust. Can create conflict or irony, contradictory meaning, drama or parallels to compound, reinforce, layer meanings. Diametric/contrasting dialectic, ironic: sound mixes average of 9/10 sounds play at once. Angles of sound pitch/intonation (high vs. deep) Colors of sound moves with source of sound, within and between shots. Transitions between sounds same as with shots; dissolves, fades, cuts, superimpositions: meaning.
