I like this kind of filmic emotional manipulation, and I think anyone who enjoys a ride on a roller coaster does too. It’s fun to make audiences lean in, have them strain to hear something, and then give them a jolt. We go as quiet as we can, before Starscream rips the roof off of with a BANG! Dynamics are the key to both storytelling and sound. We wanted the audience to hold their breaths too. We tried to get very quiet, so we could hear the terrified kids trying to suppress their breaths and not be heard. Sam and Mikaela are hiding out from Decepticons on the hunt. One of my favorite scenes is the “hut scene”. (1) Erik Aadahl (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) I guess the seeds were there for me to nourish when it came to the seismic charges. Then I thought of the airlock entry sequence in 2001. In those days they would ‘paint’ out the optical sound with ink. I think back to where that idea might have come to me…I remember in film school a talk I had with an old retired sound editor who said they used to leave a few frames of silence in the track just before a big explosion. Ben Burtt (Star Wars: Attack of the Clones) I prepared a short video to show this sound effect, but before you’ll watch the video, read what sound designers Ben Burtt and Erik Aadahl said in their interview for about this sound effect. (2) This creates not only beautiful contrast and dynamics, but also helps to enhance and accentuate the resulting impact in the mind of the listener. Needless to say, the most potent sound is the single perfect sound played against silence. It involves insertion of a short interval of absolute silence in the audio track just prior to the explosion, gunshot, hit, blast or any other kind of impact. Audio Black Hole!Īudio black hole is one of the more subtle, but highly effective sound effects. But in this article, we’ll take a look at one specific example in sound design. Now, there is an infinite number of ways how and where to create contrast. And this is exactly where Rembrandt wants us to look at this is what the painting is all about – an anatomy lesson. In this case, the brightest spot happens to be the dead man on the table. We naturally tend to look at the brightest spot. Look for example at the painting by Rembrandt below, where dark blacks are contrasted with bright light: Rembrandt: The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Now, contrast is not only interesting to watch, but is key to storytelling. Contrast creates drama and drama is interesting to watch. Master shot juxtaposed with medium shot or close-up creates contrast. Well, another interesting way of looking at this is in terms of contrast and dynamics. In one of the previous articles, we talked about how different shot sizes and framings bring different level of intimacy and tension.
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