Importance of Sound

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Importance of Sound in a Film It is said that among the very first senses that a human develops is that of hearing sound. So assuming that statement to be true, one can understand the importance of sound. Sound is also a source of communication for the living beings. But there is a limit to the distances to which a human sound can travel naturally. Our brain is such a complex machine, that it performs innumerable tasks at one time. The sound that we hear goes through a long process, which completes though in a few seconds. As humans progressed, the media to communicate also advanced. There came a telegraph, then a telephone, a radio, camera, television and films. All of these mediums use sound as an integral part. Even while interpreting a basic signal sent through Morse code, it is the sound that plays a pivotal role in understanding the message. Previously radio as a medium of communication used only sound, that was carried in the form of waves and was captured by the antenna. With the advent of television and films, visuals came into picture. As the technology advanced, sound started to be recorded on the magnetic tapes, and began to form a part of the films. So one could actually now hear the dialogs along with the visual of the film. The sound for a film or at a recording studio goes through a process. The sound captured by the mic is in the electric form, and then this reaches the mixer which receives it as electric signals and records it on a magnetic tape. This could be then transferred to a computer for further editing, and it becomes an electric signal again. Just as the visuals, sound plays a pivotal role to retain the attention of the audience. It is like a silent player at the back, which if done well, acts as a backbone that moves the story ahead. In film production, the sound is not just about the spoken dialogs. It is also the ambience

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