Class notes: Sound Design and Codes and conventions

Sound design includes: sound track, dialogue, wild track, foley sound, non- diegetic, diegetic and SFX.

Sound design is: The creation and layering of dialogue, background noise and other sound effects to create a sophisticated aural environment.
There are three main types of sound, Realism, Hyper-realism and unrealism/surrealism.



Codes and conventions of a opening sequence:

• Details of cast and crew.
• The films title
• An introduction to character or character type.
• Indiction of place.
• indiction of historical period.
• Information regarding mood and tone.
• Introduction to signature theme tune -Leitmotif.
• Information about genre.
• Questions that the viewer finds intriguing (Sets up enigmas)
• Patterns and types of editing that will be echoed in the remainder of the film.
• Mise-en-scene and cinematography that will be echoed or elaborated upon later in the film.

STINCS

S- Setting, where and when the film is set.

T-Theme, Mood of the film and what it's really about eg. love,jealousy,voyeurism.

I- Iconography, costumes,make-up and any props relevant to the genre.

N-Narrative, what the story is about.

C-Characters, who are they? what are they like? (principles) Antagonists. Protagonists.

S-Style, Cinematography, sound and editing.
   What the film will look and feel like


Genre: Genre is the label given to a film. Genres include, Horror, Thriller,Action, Rom-Com, Comedy etc...

The conventions of a horror film are, blood, death, sharp weapons, antagonist, final girl, monsters, stalkers etc...