Sound

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Parallel and contrapuntal sound video
1) Choose a 60 second piece of music - ideally from YouTube and not something that is likely to be blocked on copyright grounds.

2) Using editing software (Windows Movie maker is fine but Adobe Premiere is available on Media PCs) produce a one-minute montage of images and video. Half the images need to be parallel to the music and half need to be contrapuntal. Think carefully about how you can best select images and video to have a significant impact on the audience.

3) Upload the finished video to YouTube and embed it in your own blog with a brief description of what you've created. Note: due to videos being blocked on copyright grounds, please also save the exported video file (e.g. MP4) into your student folder on the M: Media Shared drive.

4) Present your video to the class next lesson, explaining the thinking behind your work.


This video includes examples of parallel and contrapuntal sound. For the first clip is from the series called 'Reign' and it is a wedding between the two main characters and the scene is romantic. I used the song 'Halo' by Beyonce as it is a love song and i thought it went quite well with the romantic setting in the scene. However, for the second clip i used opera music to contrast the violent scene from the film Kingsmen.
2) Find a film clip on YouTube that uses sound in an interesting way. Analyse the use of sound, making sure you use the key language we have learned about sound in film:
  • Diegetic and non-diegetic sound
  • Parallel and contrapuntal sound
  • Sound bridges




This clip uses sound in a number of ways, it uses diegitic sound of the peoples footsteps, wind, dialogue and noise from the cutlery and plates.It also uses non-diegetic sound when the food is flying through the air and falling as well as when the waiter caught the menus. I can tell this is non- diegtic because of the unreal sounds it made.There are also some sound bridges when the father in the film is groaning but the camera is panned towards Matilda. This clip also has some voice overs when the father is groaning in pain.

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