Production - Audio

Sound is essential for establishing mood or the intensification of

action.

It is an important production element that requires your full attention.

5 Basic Aesthetic Factors of Sound

1. Environment:

Background or ambient sounds are especially important

to help establish or communicate the general feeling
or mood of the scene.

2. Figure-ground: The figure is the foreground, principle or main

sound.
The ground is the background or ambient sound.
It is important to make the figure louder and more
important in relation to the background.
(Do not make the background become so dominant
that it drowns out the principle sound).
3. Perspective:

Sound perspective means that close-up shots are

matched with relatively close sounds, and long shots
correspond with sounds that seem to come from
further away.

4. Continuity:

Music and sound are often the important connecting

link among abruptly changing shots and scenes, they
help establish visual continuity.

5. Energy:

You should match the general energy of the scene with

a similar sound energy. Good audio depends a great
deal on your ability to sense the general energy of the
scene or scene sequences and to adjust the volume
accordingly.