Free Essays on Film Sound

  1. Film Sound: a New Typology

    Varieties of Film Sound: A New Typology fra (Pré)Publications, Romansk Inst. Aarhus Universitet, april 1992 Introduction While the literature on film sound has grown explosively since the early 1970's, surprisingly few attempts have been made to develop a comprehensive model which charts...

  2. A Strange Border – Essay on Music & Sound

    There is a strange and porous border in film sound and that is the one that exists between music and sound design, it is not a sealed and clearly defined boundary, but an open, shifting and nebulous one, easy to cross over back and forth, sometimes inadvertently and other times boldly and deliberately...

  3. The Badlands, The Graduate and The Sound of Music Movie comparison

    Film Appreciation - Assignment 1 The Sound of Music: The Sound of Music is about a woman, called Maria, who’s studying towards becoming a nun and gets sent away to govern a widowed military commander, Captain Georg Ritter von Trapp, and his seven children. Resulting in the children coming...

  4. Modern Day Film vs Silent

    opinion I prefer modern day films to silent films. I agree with you that silent films are very boring and dull compared to modern day films. Modern day films have more advanced technology making the film better in general. But it is good to understand and learn about silent films even though you don’t enjoy...

  5. Film Critique

    and Romeo and Juliet. The movies teach what to analyze in movies and how to effectively relate the characters and themes to our everyday lives. These films also transcends from generation to generation because they have a high level of literary worth. Throughout this essay, I will define the movie analytical...

  6. sound

    What is a sound designer? This is a very vague question. It is vague because there are many people in the audio field that fancy themselves a sound designer. It all boils down to a delicate balance of science and artistry. No doubt, a sound designer is an artist. For this essay, (and in keeping with the class work)...

  7. Film Luck

    Film Luck Film Luck “The careful consideration of a film, applying to it the skills that we all have available to us, is an enjoyable, useful addition to a full life, as it is with any art form” (Goodykoontz & Jacobs, 2011, pg.2, Para.3). The purpose of this paper will be to explore of the...

  8. Analyzing Film

    When most of us go to the movies, we are simply looking to be entertained. However, whether we know it or not, we are analyzing the film. In order to truly analyze a film there are many things to take into consideration. Using motion picture as his medium, the filmmaker has many elements that must come...

  9. How Film communicate

    University of Phoenix Material How Films Communicate Instructions Complete and submit Part I in your first week of class. In Week Two, complete Parts II & III after viewing a film of your choice from the University of Phoenix Material: How Films Communicate Film List located under your Week One...

  10. Film Steven Spielberg

    List” Steven Spielberg is an American film Director born in 1946. He has directed many films including Jews, Indiana Jones and Hook. He has won many Academy Award with his films including Best Director and Best picture for Schindlers List, Best Director and Best Sound for Saving Private Ryan. He worked...

  11. How to Analyze a Film

    the overall quality of a film. “Film analysis…allows us to reach valid conclusions on a movie’s meaning and value; it helps us to capture the experience of a film in our minds; and it sharpens our critical judgments overall” (Boggs & Petrie, 2008, p. 8). The true purpose of film analysis, however, is...

  12. Films

    Art of Films Marsha Antunez English 225:Introduction To Films Michael O Donnell December 4,2009 Abstract In this paper, the author will describe how a film is analyzed as a whole. The author will demonstrate how to find and interpret meaning in movies. She will explain how to analyze an entire...

  13. How Does Hitchcock Create Tension in the Film ‘Psycho?

    How does Hitchcock create tension in the film ‘Psycho’? As the film ‘psycho’ starts we get the impression that it is a romantic film and Hitchcock also does this in his film ‘The Birds’. The film consists of two murders the first being Marion, she steals $40,000 from her bosses client in order...

  14. Film Explanation Guide

    This is your chance to explain to the person marking your film exactly what you were trying to achieve. Checklist: INTRO 1. Introduced your film and how you decided on this title and topic. 0 2. What was your role in the production process? What jobs did you do ? 0 3. What kinds of background...

  15. Books or Films

    Books or films? Many people believe that the book is fast becoming an endangered species. It is an indisputable fact that most people spend more time watching films than they do reading books. They prefer to seat in front of a screen and watch a story unfold before their eyes than read. Watching a...

  16. How Stephen Soderbergh uses film techniques to develop the idea of how humans behave when faced with the challenge to survive in 'Contagion"

    In the film we studied, Contagion directed by Steven Soderbergh, an important idea that was carried throughout the film was the idea of how humans behave when facing the challenge to survive. Soderbergh uses various film techniques such as sound, music, dialogue, lighting and characterisation to deepen...

  17. All Quiet on the Western Front: an Effective Anti-War Film

    based on Erich Remarque’s novel, is an incredibly disturbing and effective anti-war film. The  grainy black and white film is still not outdated and carries a breathtaking initial impact. The prologue that introduces the film gives its anti-war intentions immediately and beautifully. “This story is neither...

  18. ad film making

    `Not so long ago, ad film making was the preserve of a select few with filmy lineage but that is fast changing.” A commercial opens with a man breaking eggs in quick succession to prepare a quick egg spread. Suddenly, one of the eggs refuses to break despite his valiant attempts. Curious to unravel...

  19. How Sound Create Suspense in Jaws

    How Sound Creates Tension and Suspense in Jaws The opening scene in Jaws opens with a view from under the deep blue sea, swimming through colorful seaweeds. Continued by a scene where young people are hanging around at a bonfire where they are generally having a good time. The shot pans right...

  20. Analtical Essay of the Film

    The science fiction film “Gattaca”, which is directed by Andrew Niccol, shows us a fictional future world that everything is related to the genetic technology. People are given birth in the glass uteruses---text tubes, with genetically enhanced genes, are given as the identity of “Valids”. The future...

  21. my favourite film

    favourite film Every day films of different kinds are shown on TV: touching melodramas, entertaining comedies, frightening horror, exciting action films, unforgettable thrillers, true- to- life historical films, educational documentaries. They are so various that can suit different tastes. Some films grab...

  22. ENG 225 Week 5 Final Paper Film Critique

    Paper Film Critique Purchase here http://chosecourses.com/eng-225-week-5-final-paper-film-critique Description Focus of the Final Film Critique Throughout this course, you have been compiling a blog and writing essays that analyze various elements of film such as...

  23. Merchant of Venice Film

    prejudice was also expressed thoughtfully throughout the film of Merchant of Venice. The director used film techniques such as colour, sound effect, and dialogue; helping us to understand this idea through the verbal, visual and audio aspects in the film. The idea of prejudice affects the course of justice...

  24. Film Industry in Viet Nam

    about their history and culture .Today, while film industry of many countries in the world are more and more developing, Viet Nam is still backward. Compared with other ASIAN countries such as Thailand, Singapore, Philippines…,the investment of Viet Nam in film industry is very little and not concerned enough...

  25. Analyse the Ways in Which the Director, Steven Spielberg, Builds Suspense and Scares the Audience in the Film Jaws (1975)

    builds suspense and scares the audience in the film Jaws. Steven Spielberg uses a variety of techniques to build suspense and frighten the audience. The factors that Spielberg uses to construct the film and impact the audience are, diegetic and non diegetic sounds, different camera angles to show facial expressions...

  26. Film Assignment

    Singin’ in the Rain (dir. Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, 1952) 1. Select one of the films covered in the second half of the course and explain how it reflects the particular social period in which it was produced. Please consult and cite two research sources. “Singin’ In The Rain” which was co-directed...

  27. Ben the Film Buff

    Ben the film Buff Yeah I guess you could call me a film buff, but being a film buff is different than being a movie nerd. Movie nerds tend to get excited for movies that are sometimes a couple of years away, film buffs look back at films that came out years ago. I am someone who just doesn’t just watch...

  28. Formal Film Analysis: An Analytical Tool

     Formal Film Analysis: An Analytical Tool Formal film analysis is more than ultimately deciding whether a film is “good” or “bad.” Formal film analysis involves, as Andre Bazin has explained it, assessing how a filmmaker expresses his or her message, rather than just listing what happens and how it...

  29. “a Film Has One Purpose - to Entertain.” Using Examples, Consider This View.

    “A film has one purpose - to entertain.” Using examples, consider this view. It is sometimes true that a film has one purpose - to entertain. While entertainment should not be the dominant purpose of a film, unfortunately, in reality, films tend to lean towards the mentioned intent. A film which is...

  30. How Is the Character of Shrek Introduced in the Opening Seguence of the Film?

    introduced to the audience in the opening sequence of the film? In the opening sequence, camera angles, lighting, sound and the script are used to present the character of Shrek as a cheerful, but ugly ogre with disgusting habits. The film begins with a close-up, birds-eye view of the story book which...

  31. film notes

    1. If you’re planning to use anything other than originally scored music in your film, television program, music video, commercial or multimedia project, you’ll need the services of a music supervisor and/or a music clearance service. PG 303 2. Music Clearance is the process of securing permission...

  32. Fahrenheit 9/11. film review

    Tiffany Naylor English 111 OW March 17, 2013 In the film, Fahrenheit 9/11 the Author Michael Moore uses pathos, ethos and logos. He uses these three as a tool to persuade his audience to believe that the Bush Administration was corrupt. He wants to convince his audience to agree with him that it...

  33. History of Film in the United States

    Kinetoscope of Thomas Edison . The United States of America was in the cutting edge of development of movie film in the decades that followed. Since the early periods of the 20th century, the film industry of the United States of America has predominately been located in and around Los Angeles, Hollywood...

  34. Amadeus: the Film vs. the Play

    a somewhat of a fantasy; however, a film must seem real in order to draw the attention of viewers. A few notable differences are that Salieri is confessing to the audience in the play rather than a priest in a mental institution. Also the music played in the film was strictly Mozart and were specifically...

  35. How Does Peter Medak Create Sympathy for Derek Bentley in the Film "Let Him Have It"

    How does Peter Medak create sympathy for Derek Bentley in his 1991 film “let him have it”. The first point of how he creates sympathy would be the music and the sounds because right at the beginning before any visual except from the credits there is slow quiet daunting music in the background which...

  36. Sound and Image - Braveheart

    Sound and Image “Braveheart” I took my clip from called Braveheart. I chose the part where William Wallace (Mel Gibson) has been captured and is going to be tortured. The movie is directed by Mel Gibson, original music by James Horner and cinematography by John Toll. It is said on IMDB (1995) that...

  37. Psychological Analysis of P. T. Anderson’s Film Magnolia

    Paul Thomas Anderson’s film “Magnolia” is an intense character study of nine Los Angeles residents in a state of psychological crisis. Fittingly then the film’s central theme seems to be taken from one of Freud’s fundamental hypotheses: psychic determinism, which is the idea that there are no “accidents”...

  38. Jaws Film Analysis

    Jaws ‘Jaws’ the film is about the twenty-five foot, Great White shark that takes up his home on Amity Island just in time fro the tourist season and soon coming Fourth of July. The three main characters are, Brody (Roy Schneider) police chief scared of the waters of the island, Quint (Robert Shaw)...

  39. Sound Designers

    Role of sound Designer Sound Designers are responsible for providing any vital sounds to go along with TV, monitor, and screen action. They work with the production mixer, sound supervisor, the editor, and the director to create original sounds. They may work with many people including editors and...

  40. moving film

    The moving film developed rapidly, providing viewers with graphic documentaries, dramas and comedies. This essay will discuss three main stages which can present the development of moving film. The first portion will discuss the first film made by Lumiere brother in 1895s, its science and realistic...

  41. Surround Sound Mixing

    is Surround" Christopher Columbus-1492 Today there are various opportunities for up and coming mixers to venture into a surround sound format, especially in their attempts to satisfy the seated audience in a theatre and for those listening and watching on a good home theatre system...

  42. The Merchant of Venice Film Study

    Colour Sound Effects Camera Work Music Dialogue Lighting Costumes Special Effects In the movie The Merchant of Venice, directed by Michael Radford, an important idea is hypocrisy and duplicity. There was a lot of hypocrisy and duplicity in olden day Venice, which is where most of the film is set...

  43. Myths Within Films-Exploring a Heros Journey

    American History X – A Hero's Journey Contents Page 1. Cover Page 2. Contents Page 3. Introduction 4. The Film with Synopsis, A Hero's Journey 5. Separation – ‘The Ordinary World', Departure – ‘The Call to Adventure' 6. ‘Refusal of...

  44. Life of Pi (film)

    ------------------------------------------------- Life of Pi (film) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the film. For the novel, see Life of Pi. Life of Pi | Theatrical release poster | Directed by | Ang Lee | Produced by | Ang Lee Gil Netter David Womark | Screenplay by...

  45. Drama and Film introduction Elements

    be looking at the key elements, terminology and the foundation of film script and screening. We will be doing this by studying Peter Shaffer’s: Amadeus. We will be looking at two versions as well as the play, which is the normal film and then the director’s cut. The director’s cut shows the thoughts...

  46. Films Introduction

    buried in the Maxim’s family crypt? 7. WATERLOO BRIDGE Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning playerwright Robert E. Sherwood’s Broadway drama, the film tells the poignant story of two lovers caught up in the frantic pace of World War I. Myra and Roy meet and fall in love on the famed bridge during a...

  47. Male Crisis in New Korean Cinema: Reading the Early Films of Park Kwang-Su

    Male Crisis in New Korean Cinema: Reading the Early Films of Park Kwang-su Kim, Kyung Hyun, 1969positions: east asia cultures critique, Volume 9, Number 2, Fall 2001, pp. 369-399 (Article) Published by Duke University Press For additional information about this article http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/pos/summary/v009/9...

  48. Film Analysis: Life of Pi

    Date: November 25th, 2013 Film Response #2: Life of Pi Life of Pi, based on a novel by Yann Martel, follows the story of a young Indian boy who survives a disaster at sea by taking refuge in a small boat occupied animal companions. The movie was directed by Ang Lee and was nominated for 11 Oscar, especially...

  49. The Art of Watching Film

    My Recent Movie Experience By: Brian Tremaine Course: The Art of Watching Film Instructor: Brad Waltman Date: June 1, 2010 This paper is going to be difficult for me to compose as I do not get to watch a lot of movies these days because of my busy life. If I do get to see one, I am lucky, and...

  50. Gangs of New York

    New York Is a film that is largely based on violence and tension, so the use of camera angles, lighting, sound etc is extremely important when it comes to creating the effect of violence and the build up to a violent scene. I have decided to analyse the first 15 minutes of the film, which includes...

  51. Critical Analysis- Barton Fink

    Rosalind Harrell Film 1010 October 11, 2012 Barton Fink- A Critical Analysis of Sound In the film Barton Fink, the Cohen Brothers use music, sound effects and dialogue to shape the tone of the ‘world’ in which their idealistic and naïve character lives. Their enlistment of sound editor, Skip Lievsay...

  52. The Deer Hunter

    the roles of the director, production designer, and the art directors. In this film, I will explain and discuss storytelling, acting, cinematography, editing, sounds, styles and directing, societal impacts, genres, and film criticism and analysis. The Deer Hunter is about three young factory workers...

  53. The Descendents

    Film Critique 1 Schrita Scott The Decedents ENG225: Introduction to Film Ashford University December 17, 2013 Film Critique ...

  54. Sonnd Elements

    Sound Elements and Their Effects and Directorial Style Alonzo White Hum/150 GAO8ELECO4 Shawmel Hsieh The following is an analysis of the 1994 film Pulp Fiction written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.The analysis will cover areas of the film, such as Sound Effects/Musical Score and Directorial...

  55. Syncronization Notes

    sync with film? • Using light (optically) • Using magnets (magnetic) • What are at least 2 issues with optical soundtracks? • Dirty or out-of-focus optics on recorder causing un-sharp negatives • Printed-in dirt and abrasions on sound negative due to careless handling of film • Fog on...

  56. The Blair Witch Project

    The Blair Witch Project Dr. Marilyn Willis Hum/150 Introduction to Film Studies October 16, 2008 The filmmaker’s intent was to make viewers believe in and respect the paranormal realm of this universe. It was also the filmmaker’s intent to have viewers (by the masses) believe this documentary...

  57. The Ususal Suspects - Mircro Analysis

    Blake Goddard AS Level Film Studies “An analysis of editing and sound in the final scene of The Usual Suspects (Bryan Singer 1995)” The scene I have chosen for analysis is the final scene in ‘The Usual Suspects’ when the US Customs agent, Dave Kujan discovers that Verbal Kent has been lying to him...

  58. HUM 150 UOP Course/Shoptutorial

    4 HUM 150 Week 1 Summary HUM 150 Week 1 Assignment Film Viewer Opinion Paper HUM 150 Week 2 DQ 1 HUM 150 Week 2 DQ 2 HUM 150 Week 2 DQ 3 HUM 150 Week 2 DQ 4 HUM 150 Week 2 DQ 5 HUM 150 Week 2 Summary HUM 150 Week 2 Assignment Editing, Sound, and Music Worksheet ---------------------------...

  59. Analysis of Horror Micro Elements

    AS Film Studies Analysis of Horror Micro Elements Mise en Scene, Cinematography, Editing Lighting and Sound Psycho (1960) – D: Alfred Hitchcock Shower Scene The task for this assignment is to analyse and discuss how Mise en Scene, cinematography, editing and sound are used within a Horror film...

  60. Descendants Critque

     The Descendants Course: ENG225 Introduction to Film Instructor: Susan Luck Date: February 3, 2014 The Descendants The Descendants is a movie that tells a very great story that has to deal with a modern family that has some real life issues going on. Many...