Starter Task

Look at the effects on the sheet in front of you and take a minute or two to

select which technique is used to create which sound

effect. Alyson Moore - Professional Foley Artist

The work of the Foley ArtistGalloping horses

Punching someone

Kissing in a romantic scene

Footsteps in snow

The sound of the guillotine

playing coconuts stuffed with cloth

kissing the back of your hand

thumping a watermelon

crunching grain held in a glove

slicing a cabbage with a knife

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Apply a range of key terms in relation to this micro element with a view to being able to write about sound effectively in TV Drama Exam

Aims & ObjectivesKnow that sound constructs meanings and effects just as subtle as those as any other micro technique can achieve.

Identify different sounds from a broad mix.

Blind Screening✦ What kind of story is

being told? How can you tell?

✦ How do you think an audience is supposed to feel listening to it?

✦ Can we split the sounds we hear into any categories? What different varieties of sound does a sound designer have at their disposal?

Classifying SoundsDIEGETIC NON DIEGETICDiegetic sound is the sound that is heard in the fictional world, the sound that the characters in that world can hear. Diegetic sound includes…

This is the sound that is outside the fictional world, and that characters in the fictional world cannot hear. Non-diegetic sound would include…

Dialogue spoken by characters

Sound effects (specific sounds that stand out against the general soundscape; ones the makers wish to draw attention to)

Ambient sound (the overall background ‘atmosphere’ of a fictionalised location is created through ambient sound like traffic noise or weather sounds)

Soundtrack music

Musical leitmotifs (a theme within the music ‘attached’ to a character, object or place)

Voice-over narration

Practice• Watch the sequence and try to practice categorising the sounds

you hear.• Also give some thought to why they

have been used in the creation of meaning.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx0LSM_qy7s&list=TLjkdFXaWcb5N_0J-N5RXOl3487N8eQ_nj

Analysis• How does the sound work to generate meaning? • Think about:

• Narrative: The story/plot Genre or the type of TV Drama it is• Character: What do we understand about the characters

• Consider the changes in the levels (volume) of the various sounds in one or both of the following extracts:• Life on Mars, episode 1 going to the suspect’s house > leaving the same (ch6

48:18 > )• police canteen > rooftop (end of episode) (ch7 53:32 > )

• Are changes in levels apparent? When do they occur? For what reasons?