All language subtitles for 14. Deconstructing Professional Sync Sound

Let's start by looking at an example

that perfectly illustrates
the effective use of synchronous onscreen

sound to focus of viewers
attention on key aspects of a scene.

Here we have a scene from the 2011 film

Final Destination Five At this point
in the movie, the main character, Sam,

is worried that death is waiting for him
everywhere he goes.

So he starts to recognize
the potential dangers all around him.

Let's watch the scene
without interruptions.

It's got

nothing

ready to

boogie.

Elliot is

coming out all right.

Oh. Come through.

Oh, watch yourself.

Five reasons yes.

That could have.

Been ugly, huh?

Yeah.

And then.

Okay, so it should be pretty obvious

how important of a role
sound played in this scene.

Now, let's look at how the editor
and sound designer used synchronous

sound to direct the viewer's attention
to the various dangers of his environment.

As Sam approaches the kitchen,

we transition into it with one of the more
literal smash cuts I've ever seen.

As we see the chef's cleaver
chop, the head off a fish,

the sound of the cleaver wash
metal making impact onto the wood

and the guts of the fish
are all emphasized

to draw particular attention to the action

as Sam moves through the kitchen,

we hear multiple fire wishes.

Coming out

and. Come through sweetened with sizzles.

All played at elevated audio levels

and come through

on the more musical side of things.

We also hear a drone begin

which will begin to serve
to provide a general air of danger.

But yourself, as we continue following
Sam through the kitchen

setbacks, backs are used

to lead into the various moments
like his POV of the knife rack

which is

accented with a bit of a metal ring.

And then attention is shifted
to the butane

kitchen torch

Next, our attention is directed

to the exaggerated
sound of the meat slicer,

which is

and grinder

both of which use sounds far louder

and more pronounced than you would hear
if you actually were in the environment

And finally, the scenes tension peaks

as another kitchen worker
almost impaled Sam with a roasting spit,

the movement of which is accented
and highlighted with a wash,

a hit and a symbol crash
all layered on top of the climax.

Music bit Yes,

these layers of sound all serve to achieve
the ultimate goal of the scene,

which was to create a sense of terror for
the character and anxiety for the viewer.

That could have been ugly, huh?

And then they also ultimately foreshadow
the events to come in the movie

without the accents from synchronous

sounds to tell the story
of this environment, the viewer wouldn't

necessarily feel the potential danger
of the objects in the kitchen,

despite viewing the exact same shots.

It's a great, albeit exaggerated

example of using sound
to very deliberately focus

the audience's attention
on exactly what matters in a scene.

After each sound told its story
and conveyed the information

it was meant to get across, it retreated
into the background with substantially

decreased levels to make room
for the next piece of sonic information.

So let's quickly recap
what we covered here

in this lesson,
we viewed a professionally edited scene

that relies heavily
on the use of synchronous sound

to drive the emotion
and the drama in the cut

and we deconstructed the synchronous
sound in the code to gain a deeper

understanding of how and why
the different pieces of audio were used

coming up in the next lesson.

We're going to look at

how you can motivate the drama
of your scene with sound.

All right. I'll see you in a bit.