INI100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Cinematic Techniques, Point-Of-View Shot, Diegesis
10 Dec 2012
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It is often a background for our visual attention. Meshing of image and sound appeals to something deep in human consciousness: shapes our understanding of images. The audience will construe the same images differently, depending on the voice-over commentary: directs our attention. Sound can direct our attention within the image. It can clarify image events, contradict them or render them ambiguous. It also gives a new value to silence (creates unbearable tension) Loudness: the amplitude or breadth of sound vibrations produces our sense of loudness or volume. The soundtrack of a film seizes our attention through contrast. Loudness is also perceived distance (the louder the sound, the closer we take it to be). A film can startle the viewer by exploiting abrupt and extreme shifts in volume (we call this a change in dynamics) Pitch: refers to the perceived highness or lowness of the sound.
