5 Sound

 

 

IF TH ERE IS ANYTHING I have learned about filmmaking, it is that soundtrack can make or break a movie. A soundtrack is often as complicated as the image on the screen. The entire soundtrack is composed of three essential ingredients: the dialogue, the sound effects and the music. These three ingredients must be mixed and balanced together to create the effect of real sound.

Three Sound Ingredients

Dialogue

When the dialogue is recorded so the voice texture suits the character, the audience witnesses a very real person on the screen. If the sound is improperly recorded and the voice texture does not suit the character, the audience sees an actor struggling with their craft. Recorded properly, the audience sees a character struggling ...

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