An Analysis of The Sound Track For The Movie Wall-E This essay will give an analysis of sound design used in the movies and how it is as important as the moving pictures to the movie. When you use the processes of recording, editing and mixing of sounds you greatly enhance the quality of the movie. This essay is an overview of producing high quality sound from elements like music, the recording of common every day sounds and the use of hi-tech equipment. Whether it takes place in the production stage or the post- production stage of sound design. To help explain this analysis I am using the animated movie Wall-E made in 2008 by Ben Burtt as a case study . Ben Burtt is known as “The Father of Modern Sound” (Ciccarellli, 2009) because of his …show more content…
Where in the opening sequence of the movie has a happy emotional then quickly changed to dark eerie sounds triggering the feeling of reality in Wall-E world and this affects the audience emotions. Later the same piece of music is used in the introduction scene to Wall-E home creating a link back to that earlier scene in the movie giving the audience the emotion connection with the story of why that piece of music played at that time . Burtt also uses a synchronous sound technique when he wants to help the audience to define realism in a scene by implementing certain sound files he has created from Foley recording develop a link between the action on the screen and the audio sound which clearly detected in the scene where Wall-E meet Eve. Furthermore this scene introduces the characters dialog some of the narration within the movie. The Character voices is artificially enhanced to give the perception of robotic and Space like world Because Wall-E is an animation Ben Burtt had no production sound content to work with from production shoots so he had to apply a methodology that pushed Burtt to create approximately 2600 new sound files which took three years of his time for the movie which at the time was his biggest project. These sound included the ambient background, visual props sounds or Foley sounds, and musical tracks and characters voices in the …show more content…
However this quickly changes to match the ploy in the film changed to a more suspense feelings by the change in music tempo and the induction Foley created sound, this to-ing and fro-ing of mood changes is delivered throughout the movie by sounds and music chosen By Burtt. One can see that Burtt is from an era where movies from early Disney movies would have played a big part in shaping his imagination and understanding of sound effect within movies. The whole movie is one big extravaganza of sound design techniques which is demonstrated in key moments of the ploy like the scene where Wall-E nearly walks on the small bug at the entry to Wall-E home to where Wall-E and Eve escape from the Axiom ship which lead into the quickly and seamlessly into the Wall-E and Eve dance sequence display to the mother ship end a tender moment. Furthermore many of the scenes in the movie Burtt introduces some kind of Foley sound to immerse the audience into the fantasy science-fiction world used as the backdrop for the movie. To quote Michel Chion “sound more than image has the ability to saturate & short-circuit our perception” (Price,
This recreation of the ambient sound also helps place the viewer in the scene which, results in more emotions being
In addition to diegetic sounds, Burton uses non-diegetic sounds. Non-diegetic sounds are sounds the audience can only hear, but the characters in the movies can not, which includes the background music. Background music can set the emotion, drama, happiness, sadness, anger, love, excitement, and nervousness of the characters
We have all had a time in our lives when we were fascinated by a sight or sound, whether it be a song, scene in a movie, excited fans and their cheers at a football game, or just the wonderful sights and sounds of nature. Tim Burton has mastered fascinating viewers through sights and sounds in his movies. In “Edward Scissorhands”, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, and “Big Fish” Tim Burton uses the cinematic elements light and sound, to emphasize the characters and/or scenes. Lighting is used in many different ways throughout Burton’s films to emphasize the characters, mood, and scenes. “Edward Scissorhands” is Burton’s most prominent use of lighting to emphasize the mood.
Tim Burton applies sounds like dark music and sound effects to add reality to the film and to create a type of mood. For example in the introduction of the movie Edward Scissorhands the director Tim Burton incorporates suspenseful music to cause interest and suspense to the viewer. The director adds suspenseful music to draw in the viewer and keep them on the edge of their seats. In the scene where the characters are having a welcoming party for Edward you could hear the sizzling of the meat on the grill, the clacking of glass plates and cups, the chatter on the characters talking, and the sounds of Edward's scissor hands giving the characters haircuts. Tim Burton added this to give the viewer more understanding of the environment and to show
Napoleon Dynamite, directed by Jared Hess, is an unique comedy following the life of a teen named Napoleon. Essentially, the film’s plot is following Napoleon, his family, and their odd adventures. The film shows Napoleon’s high school journey and his new friendships with Pedro and Deb. In the film, Napoleon and Deb work together to help Pedro run for the school president. Additionally, it follows Uncle Rico’s small businesses and Kip’s online love life.
Silence may be deafening, however, the right use of sound and music can create a difference in setting the tone and creating a beautiful film. A notable example of sound and music creating this beauty can be found in Pete Docter’s movie, Up from 2009. In the montage from Docter’s Up (2009), sound and music are used effectively to develop mood through the use of musical score as well as sound mixing. To begin, the mood is reinforced through Docter’s efficacious use of musical score. In the film Up, there is a scene that shows Ellie (Carl’s wife) in a hospital, laying in a bed, in this scene the intentional mood is melancholy (Up 3:33-4:00).
Moreover, the sound is very clear. The actors use their voice layers according to the
John Williams’ score provides suspense, fear, and anticipation of danger through certain musical tones and phrases. In the scene where the mothership is ascending above the base on the top of Devils Tower, the music creates the feeling of suspense and amazement of the actual mothership approaching. Throughout the movie, a certain musical phrase is heard. It is broadcasted by the UFO’s to certain people including Barry, Gillian, and Roy. In the scene where the mothership is hovering over the base camp, both the operators and the mothership use the same series of sounds and correlation of color to communicate.
Most of them are non-diegetic sound and nonsynchronous sound. At the beginning of the scene, while the kids are walking across the field, the background music is light and quick. Which helps audience feel that they are kind of in hurry. When the shot turns to the father, the volume of the music become quieter. This shows that the father is not feeling very good.
film. After all we don't call it a faithful adaptation not for nothing. It is too good an effort on the directors part to not be mentioned. While the visual picture shows moments of tension, the sound does justice to this tension that the viewer watches, intensifying it's effect.
Although there are silent films, sound adds a whole different aspect. Non Diegetic sounds create emotion through what type of music is playing. Deep toned sounds create a bad vibe for villains or bad guys while light, upbeat sounds create good vibes and joy for heroes or good guys. For example, in the movie “Edward Scissorhands,” Director Burton uses Non Diegetic sound in the scene where
Different sounds have different effects on viewers. Non-diegetic sound cannot be heard by characters, only by the viewers. This technique makes the audience think about what the sound may mean in connection to the story. Different sounds can create different moods. Different sounds may include music and sound effects.
Although the image elements are important, they could be considered secondary to aural effects; the feature largely relies on verbal humor, voice talent, sound effects, and script writing for success. In particular, the storyline itself revolves around the idea that the main character “speaks” in rambunctious sound effects. The sound effects drive the entire story, from the relationships and interactions Gerald has with his neighbors, to the reason as to why he becomes famous in the feature’s conclusion. Many of the punchlines come from the action of incredible explosive noises emanating from a small, young boy. In addition, the dialogue is spoken in a kind of sing-song rhyme, adding to the whimsical nature of the animation; the humorous and dramatic voice acting also helps to further accentuate the personalities of the characters, along with their exaggerated movements.
Some audience reckons film music as the theme song. However, film music refers to the orchestral music accompanying the film from the beginning to the end. Film music speaks much more of the character of a film than the audience think it does. Apart from being the source music of the film, Film music has quite a few functions. Composer Robin Holfmann listed a few functions of film music, including commenting, illustrating movement, creating plot relationships and atmosphere, portray emotions, alternating the perception of time and psychologically uniting the audience.
PPD OUTPUT:- TITLE – VFX IN MUSIC VIDEO CONTENT INTRODUCTION TO THE TITLE AIM RESEARCH METHODOLIGY ETHICAL CONSIDERATON CONCLUSION Introduction to the Title How Visual Effects (VFX) plays a vital role in music videos - By means I am going to talk about how Visual Effects has an impact on music videos. By this impact how audience react to the effects done in music videos Aim – To have a my own opinion about Visual Effects on music videos and to prove visual effects has changed and saved time , money , efficiency , and created tons of people creativity. • Objective • As same as aim, objective is what motive we point and shoot question about the topic we have chosen and to find a perfect solution