Sound Design for Film and Television PBworks（为影视PBworks声音设计）.pdf

Vesna Dakic Sound Design for Film and Television Seminar paper Dokument Nr. V136938 / ISBN 978-3-640-45458-7 9 783640 454587 Vesna Daki Sound Design for Film and Television "Film sound is rarely appreciated for itself alone but functions largely as an enhancement of the visuals. By means of some mysterious perceptual alchemy, whatever virtues sound brings to film are largely perceived and appreciated by the audience in visual terms. The better the sound, the better is the image." sound designer Walter Murch [8] 1. Introduction Sound in film and television is meant to support the story of a narrative, documentary, or comercial film or television program. Sound may tell the story directly, or it may be used indirectly to enhance the story effects of the movie. Although there are separate perceptual mechanisms for sound and picture, the sound may be integrated by the audience along with the picture into a complete whole, without differentiation. In such a state, the sound and picture together can become greater than the sum of the parts. Thereby, sound for film is usually meant to integrate many elements together and not to draw specific attention to