Randy Thom inteview: Part Three

Hey everyone this is the final part of  randy thoms interview, in the last post I wrote down some of the bullet points that randy thom mentioned about what sound can do for a film, I will talk about how you will be able to do some of things with examples that you could use

Heres the list again.

·      Suggest a mood evoke a feeling

·      Set a pace

·      Indicate a geographical locale

·      Indicate a historical period

·      Clarify the plot

·      Define a character

·      Connect otherwise unconnected ideas characters, places images or moments

·      Heighten realism or diminish it

·      Draw attention to detail or away from it

·      Indicate changes in time

·      Smooth otherwise abrupt changes between shots or sscenes

·      Emphasize a transition for dramatic effect

·      Describe an acoustic space

·      Startle or soothe

Set a pace: this works hand in hand with the picture, for example the film city of god the opening chicken scene is cut really fast with lots of different scenes within a minute and the sound is acting in the same way along with a fast paced song.

Indicate a historical period: one way to do this that you can use even without a picture is the sound of spurs, when you hear this sound you automatically think of an old western.

Connect ideas or images together: this is one of the simplest ones you can do, you can basically have a sound linger onto the next scene or have music playing over a montage of images which tells the viewer that it is connected in some form

Emphasize a transition for dramatic effect: this one if a pretty fun one to do, I don’t remember the film name but it one scene it went from a woman screaming to the sound of a drill, it worked great.

There you have a few examples of the list, try to imagine how you would create the other asp