We looked at how important sound and music can be in films and we looked at Foley artists, Diegetic, Non-Diegetic sound and how it can change a persons mood very quickly in terms of the type of sound that they hear.
We first listened to a a radio clip of Mitchell and Webb with Arthur Smith and we listened to this because it can shows us how music and sound can affect a persons mood. An example would be that a deep sound can make a person feel scared because it can make a person feel uncomfortable and make them a bit nervous because of the deep tune.
Foley Artists is what we looked at next. This is where a person watches the clip and then makes that sound that an actor/actress would've done in a film but the foley artist gives it the full effect. An example would be something simple such as taking out the keys out of a pocket and the foley artist would make that sound, possibly with a different object and then they would watch the footage and copy exactly what the actor/actress does to give it the full effect. We also watched a clip from the TV programme QI and this was about foley artists and then theca cast were asked to close their eyes and listen to the clip and then they had to identify what the objects were and what the sound was actually creating. An example would be that a guillotine noise was actually made from a cabbage being cut, so using different objects can create a much different effect that a lot of people don't realise.
We looked at a scene from the film Pulp Fiction and this is where Vincent goes to Mia's house to pick her up. As Vincent gets out of the car, the sound of cicadas can be heard which indicates that it is night time. Also the director of the film (Quentin Tarantino) played with the audience because he tricked the audience into thinking that the song was not actually in the scene (Non-Diegetic) but really at the end of the scene the needle is taken off the record player and people actually realised that the song didn't get included in post production but in the real scene it self.
One of the best sounds in horror movies can be silence. This is because the silence builds up the tension of something that is going to happen. Then normally a sound is after the silence to make the scene even more scary for the audience. This is because the whole cinema is quiet and nothing can be heard, then a loud sound can make the audience jump when it is unexpected, making it more frightening for the audience to watch.
We also looked at the famous Psycho shower scene and the music that there is and we looked at the composer of it as well which was Bernard Herman. There were 2 different clips, one was with sound and the other one was the same clip but with the sound taken out. This is because it would give the audience a different feeling in terms of their reaction and how that when there is sound it makes it more intimidating and more disturbing. But without the sound, it doesnt make it as scary. The screeching sound was the violins and that created a better effect because a lot of people hate the screeching sound so it is to make them feel uncomfortable. The video below shows 2 variations of it, one with sound and one without and how different the music can make to one particular scene. The sound can make more scary for the audience because the music is intimidating and can make the audience feel the sense of danger. Also the one without sound makes the scene more gruesome because you can hear the slashes but the effect isn't the same as the one version with sound.
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