Working With Audio

The addition of sound to any movie can create atmosphere, focuse attention, create rhythm, and add punch to a video presentation. Filmmakers have long considered sound to be one of their secret weapons for commanding a viewer's attention and holding it over time. It is important to understand the nature of sound and sound reproduction in order to best leverage this important tool. Download this file for a collection of SFX that will bring your productions alive.

A sound in nature is essentially a vibration that passes through the air. These vibrations are not unlike a ripple on a lake. Louder noises make larger ripples, quiet noises make hardly a stir. The intensity of the impact will define the spreed (frequency) of the ripples as they move away from the impact.
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Our ear is designed to act like a surface of that water - responding to sound pressure by vibrating sympathetically. We call this type of device a transducer. Microphone diaphragms are one kind of transducer. Speakers are another. Both are called analog devices because they record continuous streams of information.