Preliminary Exercise: Introduction to sound

         Sound in film is everything you can hear when watching the film. The purpose of sound in a film is to help better the audiences experience and also help better improve the characters personality that the actors trying to show to the audience. Some ways that sound betters the audiences experience is by creating an illusion, it enhances the movie world, and sound has an psychological effect on the audience. This helps the audience get better engage in the film and get them to get a deeper understanding on the film. The way it improves the character on screen is by showing the psychological thoughts of the character and when the character has a emotional or physical change. A popular diegetic sound that you will hear in a film is dialogue and a popular non-diegetic sound you will hear in film is voiceovers. When watching a film you might hear dialogue, music, and sound effects.

        Dialogue in film is a spoken verbal exchange between two or more people. This helps the film by revealing what the characters are thinking or feeling. Sound effects in film is a sound recorded and then presented to make a specific storytelling or creative point. Sound effects in film can be created and applied in post production. They also help enhance the film and get the audience more engaged. Music in film helps provide continuity across edits, add more of a drama element to the film, help describe a character, and also helps establish the time, place, and atmosphere.