Sound

In class we learnt about the different types of sound in television programmes/film and why it is used in media. Sound is important in films and television as it sets the mood for the audience and allows them to understand what they are watching. Music/ sound during film/TV may also allow us to follow the narrative and whether I is leading into something positive or negative.

We started the lesson off by listening to 5 different theme tunes from film/TV. We then had to work out what programme or film it was, how it made us feel and what type of programme we were expecting to watch.

The first piece we listened to was from 'The Fresh Prince of Bel Air'. I watch this programme quite a lot and so I was familiar with it's theme music. The theme music made me feel happy/ it put me in a good mood, upbeat and ready to boogie! If I hadn't of watched this programme before I would expect it to be based in America and be about young back people. As you can tell I have pretty much described the programme itself, therefore this is a good representation of the programme and incites us as to what it is about.

Here is the theme music for 'The Fresh Prince of Bel Air'-

 

The next theme music we listened to was from the film 'The A-team'. When this was being played I was unsure of the music as I had only watched this filmed once before, this meant that there was no chance of me writing down what I knew. This piece of music made me feel intrigued, happy and excited. I was unsure of the type of film that it came from and thought that it might be from a superhero movie or one about the army as there was a deep drums playing in the background. However I knew that it was from an action movie from the pace of it and the instruments used.

Here is the theme music from 'The A-team'-

The third one we listened to was from 'Dr Who'. This made me feel sleepy, intrigued and sort of unsure as to whether I liked it or not. The synthesised sound made me realise that it was sci-fi , and was to do with aliens of some form.

Below is the theme music for the 1963 Dr Who:

 

The next theme tune we listened to was from the well-known soap opera 'EastEnders'. This is a programme that I watch everyday and so I knew what it was represented. This music made me feel relaxed, happy and even tense. This was well suited to the genre as it was dramatic and therefore I was expecting to watch a soap opera.

 

The Theme music for EastEnders is:

 

The final piece we listened to was from 'Hollyoaks'. The theme music for this made me feel happy but also slightly annoyed me.  The instruments in the music and the fact that it was the same part repeated throughout it made me think that it was going to be another soap opera. However the instruments used and the key in which is was played made me suspect that it would be mainly focused on young people.

 

Here is the theme music for 'Hollyoaks'-

 



 

We then learnt about the key terminology to do with sound. Below is the work that I did for this. In orange are the diegetic sounds and in green are the non diegetic sounds. This will be useful to use in my final piece.