To Understand how and why Sound is used in Film

A soundtrack in a film is everything you hear.

Diegetic & Non-Diegetic Sounds and music

Diegetic- sounds that the characters can hear

Non-diegetic- sounds the characters can't hear 

Task 1:

• Heavy breathing
• Fire crackling
• wings flapping
• talking
• hour glass
• chewing flesh
• screaming
• chomping

Dialogue

nearly all dialogue that you hear will be recorded afterwards and synced in, this is called Audio Dialogue Replacement.

Foley

Foley is the reproduction of everyday sounds for use in filmmaking.

Task 2:

• Creaking bench
• Bouncing lamp
• rustling
• Crickets
• Beam
• falling man
• sniff
• alien

Sound effects

Task 3:

Smashing cars

Alien

ground breaking

glass smv ashing

massive robots

Music

Helps to add tension,atmosphere,time,setting

1

• upbeat music 
• trading punches

2

• Slow motion
• exaggerated noises
• internal dialogue

3

• silence
• folk music

In the fight scene from Sherlock Holmes they've used volume and varied it depending on what reaction the audience should have, for example when sherlock is explaining his 'master plan' whenever Holmes would hit his opponent the volume of the punch connecting would increase exponentially. The effect this has on the audience is making you really feel that punch and being able to really feel every hit that connects. They do this to build up suspense and sympathy for the victim due to the sheer power in the sound of the punches.