Week 08 | Intro to Film Editing

"Films are 50% visual and 50% sound. Sometimes sound even overplays the visual."

-David Lynch

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Invented in the late 1960s by Richard Waters, the waterphone (or ocean harp) is an inharmonic percussion intrument consisting of stainless steel resonator bowl with bronze rods of different lengths around the rim. The resonator may contain a small amount of water giving the waterphone a vibrant ethereal sound often used to evoke mystery and suspense, and has been used in many film soundtracks, such as "Poltergeist," "The Matrix," & "Star Trek: The Motion Picture."

There are several different facets to sound. There's dialogue (the words the actors say), the production sound (the audio that was recorded when they were on set), the sound effects (the sounds that are created in post production to enhance things like a punch, a laser gun, or even fill-in things like footsteps), and then there's the score (usually symphonic music). After that, there's the sound mix, taking all of these elements and mixing them together so that not one thing stands out above the others. They exist as a cohesive whole.

After viewing the videos, click on the "D" to the left to go to Moodle and take part in the discussion forum.

History 08: Sound

"The Avengers," The Hulk Returns (2012)

Project 3: "Sound Design"

Project Overview
Project Media
Project Tutorial Videos

Download your project media, watch the tutorial on Sound Design, then click on the "P" to link to Moodle where you will be able to find the instructions for your third project!