sound

Sound can help create an atmosphere in the film with the use of non diegetic sound and diegetic sound. By using these different types of sound in different scenes it can change the meaning and the story behind the scene. This shows the importance of sound and how it is needed in a film and with the sound being good it can change the meaning of the film. The sound team are split into sound designers, Foley artists and sound mixers. The sound designers are responsible for all aspects of a films audio track from dialogue and sound effects recording to the re recording of the final track, the Foley artists who are in post production and add in many different subtle sounds such as footsteps and doors shutting which might not be picked up in recording. The sound mixers are responsible for recording all sound on set during filmmaking. This requires them to make the choice and deployment of microphones. A sound designer who in my opinion uses sound to convey meaning well is Ben Burtt who has worked on many films as the sound designer such as Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Wall E, ET and much more Ben Burtt shows his talent as a sound designer by using these sounds for sci fi films. He can test what sounds are possible to create by combining a multitude of different sounds to create specific sounds. In an interview he refers to being a sound designer as “being a librarian” as there is so many different sounds he creates and referring to having an “encyclopaedia of sound”. This interview took place when he was the sound designer for Star Wars which has a vast variety of sounds that do not exist.