This week we did not have class due to strikes so instead I worked from home. We focused on sound and its importance in various medias. From the reading I learnt a lot about what sound is used for and the development of sound. Vesna Dakic describes that there are two roles to sound in film, that of storytelling and story supporting (Dakic 2009). I reflect on sound for storytelling within speech and how it is the most revolutionary appearance in film, and I think of music in the ways it creates a mood into the atmosphere for film (Dakic 2009). In the use of story supporting for sound I think of ambience background to present a location or set to create a dynamic environment that is not empty and full of other features that are around the sequence. These simple sound additions to film help drive audiences to engage with the story. Learning about the importance of sound helps me realise the impact it has on my own videos and leads to why I find it important for myself to set a mood with music and source sound or record my own to add level and depth to environments I film in.

Daki, Vesna. 2009, ‘Sound Design for Film and Television’,[online] Available at : http://esdi.pbworks.com/f/Sound%2520Design%2520for%2520Film%2520and%2520Television.pdf