Sound

Sound plays a big part in films. Sound helps to create an atmosphere through the music it plays, it can create suspense or shock and carm scene an action scene etc. It helps audience to understand what is happening with the film though dialogue and helps characters express their emotions in the film through their tone. There are four types of sound:  Diegetic sound: This is sound which part of the film which we are watching is. This can be dialogue, music or sound effects which come from a source within the film. Whereas Non-diegetic sounds: This is sound which we do not recognize as part of the film such as a voice over or background music. This sound only the audience can hear the characters in the film are unaware of it. Parallel Sound: This is sound that the audience expect to hear with the image that they see on the screen. E.g. children playing in the beach the audience expect to hear laughing. Lastly Contrapuntal sound: This is sound that we hear but does not fit in with the image we see on the cinema screen.  The first film to be released with a soundtrack was "The Jazz Singer" released by the Warner in 1927.