BSA602-Audio in Film
Audio is often under appreciated, it is one of the core parts of story telling. This is why Studio Ghibli's movies are so well loved, the composer Joe Hisaishi works so hard to create moving music.
Sound doesn't have to convey reality to be good for the story.
As sound designers we need to think about how our audio pushes our story further and helps the audience to be immersed into our films.
Lets look at the audio of the following films.
Random Film-Didn't get the name
Lots of subtle foley and fantastic layering. When the pulled the rope and added the creaking sound, it emphasized how hard they were struggling to pull the rope. I likes the loud whump when they accentuated that one guys footstep
Bumblebee
This film is known for its audio. They had to work hard to create realistic audio for the audience, what impresses me the most is the sounds for their transformation, it makes them so much better than if they didn't have any sounds for it. The foley work in this film is some of the best I have heard. They used a lot of metallic sounds mixed with like low, almost wub noises? Like the starting of an engine but made really low and deep.
Star Wars-Force Awakens
These films are known for their fantastic audio. All of the audio for the ships really emphasizes the reality of the characters situation since they are in a close range fight. So the louder the noises the more exciting it seems. There is a lot of layering and mixing to create an all around sound, which immerses the audience. This is because it makes it seem like we can hear what the audience hears.
All of the small details they add, such as sand hitting metal, fills in the gaps in the audio. They add pretty much everything in.
Spiderman-Into the Spiderverse
This film was one of the best in animation that I have seen. I love all of the audio, like the rising music and glitchy sound effects at the start and then it drops at the end. Just the intro sequence is fantastic. The music plays a big part in each characters story, then mix that with all of the atmospheric sounds and background audio and you end up with a rhythmic and moving audio piece for a film.
No Country for Old Men
Only used diagetic music for most of the film. With the narration, they added background ambiance. There is a lack of music, which is super eerie and makes the film creepy and unsettling from the start.
Wakfu
This animation has some pretty cool sounds, especially with the armour, weapons and magic. I think they focused on creating some serious audio for their fight scenes, which along with the animation makes them pretty epic.
Princess Mononoke
I love the little whips when she slashes the knife. The sounds in Studio Ghibli's films always give me goosebumps. They really love to empahsise the metal and against metal.
Sound doesn't have to convey reality to be good for the story.
As sound designers we need to think about how our audio pushes our story further and helps the audience to be immersed into our films.
Lets look at the audio of the following films.
Random Film-Didn't get the name
Lots of subtle foley and fantastic layering. When the pulled the rope and added the creaking sound, it emphasized how hard they were struggling to pull the rope. I likes the loud whump when they accentuated that one guys footstep
Bumblebee
This film is known for its audio. They had to work hard to create realistic audio for the audience, what impresses me the most is the sounds for their transformation, it makes them so much better than if they didn't have any sounds for it. The foley work in this film is some of the best I have heard. They used a lot of metallic sounds mixed with like low, almost wub noises? Like the starting of an engine but made really low and deep.
Star Wars-Force Awakens
These films are known for their fantastic audio. All of the audio for the ships really emphasizes the reality of the characters situation since they are in a close range fight. So the louder the noises the more exciting it seems. There is a lot of layering and mixing to create an all around sound, which immerses the audience. This is because it makes it seem like we can hear what the audience hears.
All of the small details they add, such as sand hitting metal, fills in the gaps in the audio. They add pretty much everything in.
Spiderman-Into the Spiderverse
This film was one of the best in animation that I have seen. I love all of the audio, like the rising music and glitchy sound effects at the start and then it drops at the end. Just the intro sequence is fantastic. The music plays a big part in each characters story, then mix that with all of the atmospheric sounds and background audio and you end up with a rhythmic and moving audio piece for a film.
No Country for Old Men
Only used diagetic music for most of the film. With the narration, they added background ambiance. There is a lack of music, which is super eerie and makes the film creepy and unsettling from the start.
Wakfu
This animation has some pretty cool sounds, especially with the armour, weapons and magic. I think they focused on creating some serious audio for their fight scenes, which along with the animation makes them pretty epic.
Princess Mononoke
I love the little whips when she slashes the knife. The sounds in Studio Ghibli's films always give me goosebumps. They really love to empahsise the metal and against metal.
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