Generally speaking, the audience's attention will be focused on the speaker, and this person will usually be placed in the middle of the screen. But if the door opens from the right, the audience will expect someone to come in from the right and may look in this direction. Sound can lengthen the picture, and the space outside the picture becomes part of the story. Using sound to guide attention can also scare the audience (Hitchcock's usual method). The role of sound in the film and television drama I brought below.
The role of sound in film and television dramas 1 Sound can also lead people to notice certain elements that were not noticed originally. The start of the car may only be part of the traffic scene, and the audience may not hear the sound of the start at all. But if the appearance of the car is related to the story, the editor can increase the sound of ignition to make the audience notice. With the sound of another scene starting again, the audience will associate the story with the car.
You can also add some sounds that you can't hear in general occasions, such as the ticking of time bombs, so that the audience can focus on the possible explosion. Sometimes you can add some completely inaudible sounds, such as heartbeat.
The last sound in one scene can draw the audience's attention to the next scene. At the end of an idyllic scene, the whistling alarm bell can bring the audience's attention to the next scene, where emergency rescue activities may be going on. In the movie Golden Pond, there is a scene where the fireplace is on fire, and the fire burns from the inside to the outside of the fireplace. Before switching to katharine hepburn, we first heard her scream at the fire.
It is an exquisite art to guide the audience's attention to the part that the director wants to emphasize with sound. Most sounds will not be used for this purpose. Maybe they should not be used for this purpose. Using sound to guide attention should be reserved for special occasions. Most people who deal with sound will not intentionally consider the different uses of sound, but in fact, these uses can be confirmed in different ways. But it is important that the proper use of sound can add points to the film.
Creating illusion is another important factor. Music can create fantasy brilliantly, because most people can't hear the violin music when walking in the street. Sound effects can also show illusions. In "Two stooges", when one of them tried to gouge out someone else's eyes, the sound effect of digging appeared in the film, and the sound did not come from the real digging action. So, this voice tells you that this action is not real. In fact, if the voice is true, three clowns are cruel. In Harry Potter movies, owls are louder than real owls, mainly because of the needs of the movie. If the owl is really that loud, it can't catch the mouse at all. Adding a voice that doesn't exist on earth will make movies like Star Wars full of futurism (color map 10). Dialogue and narration can also increase fantasy temperament. I believe no one will think that Donald's voice comes from a real duck.
The interaction between the three basic elements of sound, namely volume, tone and timbre, affects the sound characteristics in the film. For example, these elements allow us to distinguish the voices of various characters. On a more complex level, the interaction of these three elements increases our feelings about movies. Although both john wayne and james stewart speak slowly, Wayne's voice is deep and powerful, while Stewart's is as slow as complaining. This difference plays a great role in The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance, which makes the roles of the two men have a strong contrast. In The Wizard of Oz, the difference between the two roles of a wizard and a fortune teller is clearly distinguished by the deep bass voice of the former and the high and trembling voice of the latter.
Volume, tone and timbre help the audience feel the whole movie. For example, in Citizen Kane, the design of sound is widely used. In the cloister, the tone and volume deteriorated by the echo emphasized Kane's wife Susan's incompetence in singing. In addition, Citizen Kane uses the same sound technique to connect different time and space in the story. For example, Kane's applause is superimposed on the crowd's applause (changing the volume and timbre); Leland began to say a word in the street, then cut into Kane's lecture hall and finished it through the microphone (changing the volume, timbre and tone).
Recently, noise reduction technology, multi-channel reproduction and digital sound have made sound have more room in volume and frequency. In addition, it is more accurate in timbre. Modern sound editors have been able to make sound independent to an amazing extent. In the thin red line, the unique breathing sound of each character is recorded as environmental noise. Randy Thoms, the sound editor of Desert Island Ruins, can even classify different kinds of winds, such as the breeze blowing on the sea, the wind passing through caves, and the information of wind turning. In this regard, he said: "We can use the concept of music to express the sounds of various winds."
The role of sound in film and television drama 2 1927, Warner Corporation of the United States filmed the film "King of Jazz", ending the silent film era of more than 30 years. As a result, music sounds have officially entered the film and television works, making the film and television works truly change from visual art to audio-visual art. With the progress of the times, various new styles and schools of film and television music sounds have emerged one after another, becoming an indispensable and important part of the comprehensive art of film and television. Although music is not as vivid and concrete as a picture, we feel that the melody, atmosphere, emotion and image of music depict a vivid picture. Sometimes, this associative space is broader and richer than the specific picture space. Music, as an art form, has the ability to express the theme. In the creation of film and television works, the application of music can sometimes express the theme better than other arts.
The Importance of Music Sound in Film and Television Works
First, summarize the content and deepen the theme.
In film and television works, directors often use music to reveal the theme of their works. They use the title, melody, atmosphere, emotion and image of music to reveal, portray and deepen the theme of works or pictures, and also help to form the artistic style of works.
Similarly, audio-visual art should also express a certain theme. Its various means of expression are to illustrate the theme, and music also serves the theme after entering this audio-visual art, which can summarize the theme, reveal the theme and further deepen the theme of the work. For example, in the feature film "Hand in Hand", the theme song played with western instruments such as piano and violin is euphemistic and thought-provoking. Music summarizes complex interpersonal relationships, subtle emotional changes, people's psychological activities, family and career, kindness and persistence, tolerance and understanding, love and friendship in modern cities, which is full of philosophy and intriguing.
Second, describe the scenery and explain the environment.
Descriptive music is the most common kind of film and television works. This kind of music mainly describes some environments, scenery and movements in the picture. Grasp the visual image presented on the screen and emphasize and render it through the corresponding musical image.
Musicians use treble, rhythm, harmony, volume, timbre, speed and other musical means to simulate the depicted object. At the same time, symbols and hints are used to complete the performance of music. Music has the function of description, which not only makes the picture more attractive, but also makes the scene more touching.
Film and television music also simulates realistic impressions or depicts things. For example, in the feature film The Last Primitive Forest, the melting of ice and snow is depicted with crisp piano, fast-breaking chords and cheerful rhythm, and the scenes such as bison running are described very realistically with music, just like being there. Properly handled descriptive music is an indispensable and important means of expression in film and television.
Third, render the atmosphere and set off the emotions.
Rendering the atmosphere is to make the atmosphere more intense through musical techniques. This kind of atmosphere is more general in music and more specific in the picture. Therefore, the close combination of sound and painting will make the music atmosphere more concrete and vivid, and make the picture image more rich and moving. Generally, when there is a conflict between TV series and drama, when the emotional atmosphere is the strongest, the use of music will increase drama and become an opportunity to infect and impress the audience. In order to avoid dullness, increase changes and ups and downs, feature films will also consider the changes of picture atmosphere when they are conceived as a whole. In the joints with strong atmosphere in the film, exaggeration and aggravation are used to render, so that hearing can give the picture the support it deserves.
Music plays an important role in rendering and setting off the ambient atmosphere, sometimes affecting the tone of the picture. Rendering music plays an important role in some large-scale action movies and horror movies. According to the state of people's psychological activities, some exaggerated techniques are used to render and create a tense and horrible atmosphere.
Fourth, express emotions and tap the inner world.
Music is all about expressing emotions, combining specific plots and pictures to express emotions. It is the feeling of the characters in the works and the revelation of people's inner activities. The relationship between the inner active music and the characters in the works is relatively internal and profound, because this kind of music is closely related to the inner activities of the characters in the film. Music can express rich and complex emotional states in a unique way.
Music that expresses the inner activities of characters can take many forms in movies, which can be both picture-in-picture music and voiceover music. The music that expresses the inner activities of the characters can be synchronized or the counterpoint of sound and picture. In the role consciousness, the illusion imagination suddenly appears, and it is often vividly reflected in the film through the interaction between music and pictures. For example, in the piano class, Ada's beloved piano had to be abandoned on the beach because of the difficult journey when her husband came to pick her up. When the camera shoots the piano in the distance through Ada's shoulder, the music rings, and the combination of piano and orchestra makes the soothing rhythm more lyrical. The piano turned into a little bit and the majestic waves formed a simple and lively form of points, lines and planes, which showed Ada's reluctance to part with the piano and mixed feelings to the fullest.
Fifth, stimulate association and trigger the transformation of time and space.
Association refers to thinking of other related people or things because of someone or something, and triggering other related concepts because of one concept. Appreciating music itself is the most associative process. The word timbre itself comes from association. In the process of creating film and television works, we must pay attention to the association of timbre. For example, the slow, sad and plaintive melody in the movie Ju Dou, played with China's ancient musical instruments, is simple and distant, similar to the sobbing of human voices, which naturally reminds people of the fate of Ju Dou and the primitive feudalism of that society.
In addition, the rhythm in music can also produce associations. For example, the rhythm of the March is obviously repeated, the rules of strong and weak beats are strong, the length of phrases is consistent, and the melody line fluctuates greatly. These characteristics all come from the way the army moves.
Music also has the characteristics of times, nationality and distinctive local color. Film and television works often make full use of the times, nationality and distinctive local colors of music and give full play to its rich associative artistic characteristics, thus crossing historical time and space and greatly breaking through the limitations of space. For example, in some movies that reflect historical events and historical figures, the historical songs and the melodies written by historical songs are irreplaceable by other songs. Because these melodies have obvious characteristics of the times, people naturally associate them with that era.
Sixth, participate in the plot and publicize the characters in the play.
The dramatic role of music in works means that music not only becomes an organic part of the structure of TV works, but also participates in the plot, which directly affects the development of the plot, that is, participates in storytelling. Music has certain emotions, and it has the function of telling stories, just like other narrative elements in movies. It is a part of the plot and an element to promote the development of the plot. This role is particularly important in music feature films and musical films. Such as Mozart's story, the sound of music, two springs reflecting the moon, sister Liu and so on. Many of these music works are part of the story and an important factor to promote the development of the plot.
In film and television works, music that once played an important role in characters often appeared repeatedly in narrative, non-narrative and super-narrative time and space. In this way, music is not only the orientation and amplification of emotions, but also plays a role. For example, the music "Time Passing" in Casablanca plays an important role in the film. In the play, the heroine Ilsa and her husband Victor come to Casablanca and meet Sam. Ilsa used to ask Sam to play Time Passed for him, because this song was played when he broke up with Rick. While Sam was playing, Rick rushed out of the hall and froze when he saw Ilsa. Through music to express the relationship between characters, music further promotes the development and deepening of the story scene from here.
Seven, help to form the rhythm of the picture, help to connect the picture, and prompt the paragraphs of the picture.
Different rhythms can express different thoughts and feelings. The expressive force and style characteristics of music are largely caused by rhythm. In film and television works, the rhythm of music often cooperates with the rhythm of pictures to influence the rhythm of film and television. Generally speaking, the key factors that form the rhythm of movies are the combination of shots, the content of pictures and the action of pictures, but the rhythm formed by these factors can also be enhanced and rendered through the rhythm of music, thus causing strong appeal. For example, in Meeting the Challenge, many examples are cited to illustrate the gap between our country and the developed countries at that time, so as to arouse people's sense of urgency and crisis, and to create the sense of urgency and crisis in the film with fast-paced music. Moreover, the music image is constantly changing, which strengthens the understanding and the content of the picture and makes the audience feel a strong shock.
At the same time, sometimes music can be used to change the rhythm of the picture. If the picture forms a long and strong rhythm in the editing, the audience will feel tired when accepting this long, strong and fast content. At this point, the strong and fast picture rhythm can be leveled with slow and smooth music. For example, the feature film American Art History is an introduction to the development history of photography, painting, music, architecture, film and television in the United States in the past 200 years. The length of the whole film is only 20 minutes, and the rhythm outside the picture is very fast, but the music is not all fast. Sometimes slow-paced music is used to change the tension brought by the picture, so that the audience can relax and accept a lot of information provided by the picture with a relaxed attitude.
In a word, the rhythm of music should obey the rhythm of the picture, and the rhythm of music is helpful to the combination of the picture and prompt the paragraphs of the picture.
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