Download PDFOpen PDF in browserThe Emotional Impact of Sound: A Short Theory of Film Sound Design14 pages•Published: January 24, 2019AbstractFollowing Zillmann’s Mood Management Theory, a main reason why people are watch- ing films is the drive to modify and regulate one’s mood by means of media entertainment [1]. And film is in this sense an effective medium: Narration, acting, visual design and sound design altogether contribute to its emotional impact. Accordingly, a main objective of film sound design is the communication and triggering of emotion or mood.The paper investigates film sound design from the viewpoints of human perception, psychology and communication science. A special focus is set on the semantics of sound, communicated by means of crossmodal metaphors and symbols, on attention guiding and inattentional deafness, on the diegesis and on image / sound relationships. Keyphrases: auditory object, auditory scene, cross modal effects, emotion, film sound design, metaphoric sounds, sound semantics, sound symbols In: Philipp Kessling and Thomas Görne (editors). KLG 2017. klingt gut! 2017 – international Symposium on Sound, vol 1, pages 17-30.
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