I am born in a time period where films have evolved drastically in the ways they are made. Therefore, it was hard for me to even imaging a movie without sound. It was only when I came across films such as those of the legendary actor – Charlie Chaplin, that I found out about silent films. However, this also made me realize the power of sound and the value it gives to silence. Sound is like editing; it is has no limits to its creative possibilities. A filmmaker can mix any natural sound to design a sensible piece of music, thus a lot more meaningful relations can be created by putting visual along with acoustic possibilities.
There are three aspects of sound that we perceive. These are perceptual properties of film sound. Their interaction with each other defines the overall texture of a film.
Loudness: Which we all understand as volume when we try to increase and decrease, in our speakers.
Pitch: Which tells us how low and deep the voice or sound is or high and shrill it is.
Timbre: The quality of the sound which we can identify as we hear from different stereo systems.
Similarly, sound in cinema is categorized into three types. These types are selected, altered and finally combined along with the visuals in a film.
Dialogue: Which is scripted before the film as the story progresses and is finally said by the actors in the film.
Music: Is ideally given after the film has been shot to enhance a particular mood of the scene as well as create a sense of anticipation of the story.
Sound Effects: Which is recorded during the shoot as well as added to the visuals during the edit of the shoot. The purpose of it is to make every scene more realistic to the audience as well as add drama while showing certain actions and reactions in the film.
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