Sound plays a huge part in films in many different forms such as ambient sound, score,voice over and dialogue. If you take out sound from films you realise that you miss out on small things such as car horns on the road or snoring a bedroom that set and add to scenes. With sound the audience are more engaged and the story becomes clearer. Sound is visceral to audience members and helps them suspend belief.
Here is an example:
I first watched this scene without the sound on and found it hard to concentrate on what was happening. Although the scene itself was well filmed and clear, without sound it was not possible for me to suspend belief in the scene and actually feel much emotion.
However, when I watched the same scene with the sound on, I was immediately drawn in. The scene was slow paced but the addition of ominous sounds created anxiety and made me apprehensive to what was about to happen next.
I also made my friend repeat the same exercise and she responded said that 'without sound the film was not scary at all'.
This therefore reinforces my point that sound is indeed important for a film to be successful to the audience.
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