Chapter 8 and 9 Reflection

Some important aspects of film that are mentioned in chapter 8 and 9 are sound and acting. To begin with, sound is used in almost every film to enhance the story. There is dialogue and music. Dialogue is just the written or spoken words by characters in the film. The two types of music are diegetic sound which is music or audio heard by the characters on screen, and non-diegetic sound which is music or audio not part of the world of the film, and only the audience can hear. In addition, sound editing and sound mixing is used to create the audio we hear. Sound mixing is used after sound editing and finalizes the project.

Moving onto acting, the history of it dates back to as early as the Greeks in 534 BCE. Over the years acting has developed drastically, drawing bigger and bigger audiences. There are two schools of acting including the Stanislavski Method and Classical School. The Stanislavski Method used a new naturalistic acting style while the Classic School style had an emphasis on the text and the precision of performance. Both of these have their unique techniques, however, have the same goal of making a high quality film that moves the audience. During acting many obstacles or challenges can occur including limited time for rehearsal, shooting out of sequence, and interruptions between each shot. All of these make filming and editing harder, but must be done in order to complete the film.

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