SOUND AMBIENT

WHAT IS AMBIENT SOUND • AMBIENT SOUND (AKA AMBIENT AUDIO, AMBIENCE, ATMOSPHERE,

 OR BACKGROUND NOISE) MEANS THE BACKGROUND SOUNDS WHICH ARE PRESENT IN A SCENE OR LOCATION. 

WHY IS AMBIANT SOUND IMPORTANT • AMBIENT SOUND IS VERY IMPORTANT IN VIDEO AND FILM WORK. IT PERFORMS A NUMBER OF FUNCTIONS

INCLUDING:

• PROVIDING AUDIO CONTINUITY BETWEEN SHOTS.

• PREVENTING AN UNNATURAL SILENCE WHEN NO OTHER SOUND IS PRESENT.

• ESTABLISHING OR REINFORCING THE MOOD.

PURPOSE OF SOUND

• SOUND IN MEDIA CAN SET THE MOOD OR ATMOSPHERE, IT CAN CHANGE A SCENE FROM HAPPY TO EERIE. • IT CAN ALSO BE TO EMPHASIZE REALITY

RECORDED AUDIO

• RECORDING AUDIO WHEN FILMING IS VERY IMPORTANT• AUDIO FROM THE CAMERA ITSELF IS NOT OFTEN VERY GOOD QUALITY • IT IS BEST TO RECORD AUDIO NEEDED FROM AN AUDIO RECORDING DEVICE• THIS IS THEN MATCHED UP WITH THE VIDEO TRACK IN POST PRODUCTION

SOUND EFFECTS• THESE ARE SOUNDS ADDED TO THE VISUALS IN THE EDITING PROCESS• THEY CAN FALL INTO 2 DIFFERENT CATERGORIES • 1. NATURALISTIC SOUND EFFECTS: TRAFFIC, PUNCHING, CLAPPING ECT.• 2. UNATURALISTIC SOUND EFFECTS: WHOOSING SOUND IN FLASHBACKS,

BOING SOUND FOR COMICAL EFFECT ECT.

FOLEY• FOLEY IS USED TO CREATE NATURALISTIC SOUND EFFECTS SUCH AS

WALKING OR WRITING• FOLEY USES DIFFERENT OBJECTS TO IMITATE THE SOUND OF OTHER

OBJECTS, WHICH ARE THEN ADDED TO THE POST PRODUCTION. THIS EMPHASIZES THE SOUNDS FOR AN AUDIENCE.• FOLEY CAN BE USED WHEN EITHER THE SOUND IS SIMPLY NOT LOUD

ENOUGH AND GIVING THE EFFECT WANTED OR IF THE SOUND GOT COMPROMISED IN THE FILMING PROCESS.

MUSIC SCORE (SOUNDTRACK0• THIS IS MUSIC COMPSOED, ARRANGED AND PLAYED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE

PRODUCTION • ANY MUSIC WHICH IS WRITTEN FOR TV/FILM• THIS SOUND IS ALMOST NON DIAGETIC AS THE CHARACTERS ON SCREEN DO

NOT HEAR IT • EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE CAN BE WHEN A CHARACTER IS PLAYING AN

INSTRAMENT OR THE SOUNDTRACK IS USED IN A COMEDY OR PARAODY WAY.