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You will submit a two-page reflection on Terence Davies’
The Long Day Closes (
1991)
1. How does the film use diegetic and non-diegetic sound? Choose two scenes.
2. How does the film use fades, cuts, match cuts, and other editing tools to shape your two scenes?
- Write your paper in APA format (Cover Page/Abstract/Reflection/References)
- Please be sure to check the credits for artist names and pop song titles. If you allude to any music, you MUST name the tune — even classical pieces.
- Do not use terms like “personally,” “I think,” or “I feel.”
- Do not write a review of the film.
- Don’t use the first person point-of-view.
Avoid a casual, chatty, gossipy tone.
REFERENCES:
Attached Powerpoint Slides Chapter 6: Sound
MOVIE LINK: https://www.criterionchannel.com/the-long-day-closes
Chapter 6: Sound
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Contemporary Sound Design
Digital approaches help w/complex sound editing
Bass or low frequency sound is an aggressive part of contemporary sound design
Sound design is often subliminal (not overtly noticed by viewers)
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Evolution of Film Sound
1930s-1970s
Optical track, usually monaural
1950s
Magnetic stereo track on select widescreen films
1976
Dolby Stereo four-channel matrix
1992-1999
Six-channel digital track (Dolby, DTS, SDDS)
1999 – Present
Seven-channel digital track
“Lossless” formats – Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD MA
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Figure 6.1, 6.2
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Types of Sound
Dialogue
Speech
Voice-over narration
ADR and Dialogue Mixing
Sound effects
Ambient sound
Foley
Music
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Foley Technique
Live performance and recording of sound effects in sync w/picture
Example: walking across bare floor in hard shoes in sync w/character .
Apocalypse Now (1979): Walter Murch
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991): layered sound of two-by-fours slapping in garage to “fatten” gun sounds in garage.
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Functions of Movie Music
Setting the scene
Adding emotion
Serving as background filler
Creating continuity
Emphasizing climaxes/catching the action
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Diegetic vs Non-Diegetic
Diegetic: origins within the story world of film; can include dialogue and sound effects.
If a character plays music within a scene, that’s diegetic.
Non-diegetic: outside the story world.
When score or songs imposed, that’s non-diegetic.
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Diegetic Music
Back to the Future (1985, dir. Robert Zemeckis).
Back to the Future (1985, dir. Robert Zemeckis).
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Non-diegetic Music
The Great Gatsby (2013, dir. Baz Luhrman).
The Great Gatsby (2013, dir. Baz Luhrman).
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Sound Design
Blends realistic and synthetic sounds
Differences between sound and image
Perception of image and sound
Structuring time; viewers perceive images as moving forward unambiguously
Codes:
The sound hierarchy (voice, effects, music presented in carefully regulated volumes).
Sound perspective (correspondences w/viewer’s acoustic perception of space).
Sound bridges
Off-screen sound
Sound montage
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