Activity 1- 

Sound editors are responsible for the finished sound in movies and television shows unlike the sound mixer who is the leader of the production sound crew, responsible for recording high-quality audio on set and location for film and television productions. 

Diegetic and non-diegetic sounds in Joker: 

Diegetic sounds: 

The scene in the joker where he and Murray were in a different together room, and they could hear an applause from the audience. 

Non-diegetic sounds- 

The famous scene in the joker where he is dancing down the stairs is non diegetic as you couldn’t see speakers, so it was probably in his head.  

Sound Effects-

Sound effects are artificially created or enhanced sounds that are used in artistic works to emphasize or express an action, mood, or feeling. Sound effects were initially used in radio dramas, but can be observed more often today om podcasts, theatre, films and television shows.

Foley artist

a Foley artist is when people recreate the sounds that were missed when filmed. they use props and try make it as believable as possible.

Leitmotif

a short word or phrase that is associated with a particular. Normally its a song that’s associated. ‘leitmotifs are guides to emotion.’- Richard Wagner. A film that uses leitmotifs is Up by Disney, the well known song is changed into different songs with slower or faster melodies or even played with different instruments eg the piano.

L-Cut and J-Cut

A sound bridge is a type of sound editing that occurs when sound carries over a visual transition in a film.

A J-Cut is when the sound is in the scene before as if a voiceover then in the next scene you see the sound being made.

A L-Cut is when the sound is being made in the first scene and the sound carries onto the next scene with seeing the sound being made.

Voice over/Narration-

often informs the audience with all the information they need about a certain character or event, this can sometimes be presented as ‘unreliable narration’ meaning the viewer does not get all the information straight away.

Musical score-

pieces of music specifically made for a film/specific scene.

Underscore-

music playing ‘under’ the dialogue between characters, usually quite quiet.

Synchronous sound-

is sound that is matched with the action and movements being viewed.

‘Needle Drop’-

a version of recording that has been transferred from a vinyl record to digital audio or other formats.

Asynchronous sound-

used when the director wants to create tension as the viewer can hear a sound but cannot see its source. Sometimes the audience cant hear the sound that the character inside the film can hear.

Sound Perspective-

Refers to the apparent distance of a sound source, evidenced by its volume, timbre, and pitch.

For example Spielberg uses only camera work and sound perspective when the man is about to be killed to show the ambience of the scene. The sound in the distance was the mans footsteps and the dominant sound was the found ringing.

Favourite Film Soundtrack-

my favourite film soundtrack was rocky as it had the iconic theme song which everyone will always associate with rocky. the composers were Bill Conti and Carol Connors. The original song was only 90 seconds long as it was created fir the montage.