Why is sound so important in a film ?

Why sound is so important

What is sound?  Sound is what you can hear.

What is Soundscape? Everything we hear.

What is sound design? Planning of sound.

What is 'suspending disbelief' ? Making the audience believe its real.

Sound is used in film to establish tone , atmosphere and to help give the audience clues about plot, characters or to identify the genre of the film. It is also used to help 'suspend disbelief' to create realism for the viewer and heighten their experience of the film. Sound is a huge part of film , without sound film is not the same. 

During the activity we did in lesson when listening to the opening sequence with and without sound made me realise what an impact sound has on film. Without sound I found id very boring and not engaging , however with sound I felt very interested it made a big impact. I also learnt that different genres have different types of music , for example horror music tends to have very tense music to bulid tension were as teen movies have very uplifting exciting music to engage teens.