Film Studies A Level Sound Exercise Video Analysis

Film Studies A Level Sound Exercise Video Analysis

Our video, known as "Where's Shannon?", is about two friends who meet up and go to their classroom to listen to some music when several supernatural events occur. I think we used all of the sound techniques within this video, e.g. contrapuntal sound; when Shannon and Josephine were listening to music right when the books fell down loudly.

We used certain sound techniques in certain scenes because we thought they would help portray the scene effectively, e.g. when the door slams shut at the end of the video, eerie and intense music plays. Most, if not all, our choices, I believe, were successful because they did indeed portray their respective scenes effectively and dramatically.

I believe we did capture the sound effectively and I believe we did use the sound equipment, i.e. the clip-on microphone, effectively and correctly. Also, I believe we showed the difference between each of the sound types. The diegetic sound was the character's footsteps and dialogue while the non-diegetic sound was the music playing on the phone and the intense music that plays when the door slams shut. The on-screen sound was the character's dialogue while the off-screen sound was when the books fell down loudly. The parallel sound was the intense, eerie music that plays when the door slams by itself while the contrapuntal sound was when the music on the phone (Superhero by Simon Curtis) plays right when the books fall on the floor loudly by themselves. I think we used an effective sound-bridge when the two friends get up to investigate the books, the music from the phone slowly starts to quieten as the two move away from the phone on the desk.

I think the most positive elements of our video were the heavy breathing sequences at the beginning, the special effects, e.g. the moving chairs, the slamming door, and the genuine acting.

I think if I were to make improvements to this video, I would have made the video longer as it was originally intended to be according to the script we created, due to one of the actors being absent at the last filming session, and, also, when the video was uploaded, it was oddly uploaded with extra blankness at the end of the video.