Lesson 8 - Outcome 1

Here is what you have to do to achieve outcome 1:

Describe the way that sound and music are used to support different mediums.   You must produce written and/or oral evidence which shows that you can identify when sound and music are being used to:

♦ set the mood 

♦ establish environment

♦ support narrative

♦ establish character

♦ convey emotions 

♦ create or support transition

This assessment is open book. In your report you should discuss the

possible reasons for the choice of sounds and music used and refer to at least three of the criteria above. You should also comment on whether they think the sounds and music used are successful.

The following terms must be used correctly in the description:

♦ terms applied to set the mood, establish environment: empathetic sound, sound perspective and room tone

♦ terms applied to support narrative, establish character, convey emotions, create or support transition: synchresis, synchronous, asynchronous, sound motif, and foley

Write 500 words.


Here is a structure you could use...


Paragraph 1:
What you've been asked to do

Paragraph 2:

Explain the media you are using (i.e. what's happening in your video)

Paragraph 3:

Specific examples

Lesson 7 - Terminology again!

When we talk of sound being used to set the mood or establish the environment we may mention the terms empathetic sound, sound perspective and room tone. Here is what they mean:

• empathetic sound: music or sound effects that match the mood of the action
• sound perspective: the natural change of acoustic properties as sound sources move to and come
  from different on or off screen locations
• room tone: the background and ambient sound of the scene’s location

When we talk of sound being used to support the narrative, establish character, convey emotions and create or support transition we may mention synchresis, synchronous, asynchronous and foley. Here is what they mean:

• synchresis: the combination of visual image and sound image
• synchronous: sounds that match up with the timing of action
• asynchronous: sounds not synchronised with the action on screen 
• foley: post production or live sounds used to reinforce the action on screen