Tasos Frantzolas talks about how our brains are conditioned to embrace the the lies of sound in film. When watching a TV show or movie almost all of the sounds you hear are fake, aside from the dialogue that is. Oscar Wilde established the idea that all bad art comes from imitating life and being realistic, and great art comes from lying and deceiving telling beautiful untrue things. Sound effects er commonly used because real life sound effects can often sound inauthentic, and/or obtaining the real sound is impossible or out of the budget. So, sound engineers and music producers have to be very creative when creating a sound. A commonly used audio tool is reverberation. Reverb is the persistence of sound after the original sound has ended . It is used give information on the space around the sound. They use tools like reverb, silence, room tone, and off screen tones to give the audience more information. Audio has a lot of power. It can transport us geographically, change the mood, change the pace, make us laugh or it can make us scared.
Tasos Frantzolas utilizes Pathos and Ethos really well. In multiple instances he makes jokes to keep the audience interested. He also establishes credibility in a few ways. First by proving to the audience that they cannot tell the difference between the sound of bacon sizzling and rain. Secondly, by telling the audience that he is the owner of a sound production company.
I picked the talk due to my interest in movies and the film industry. I enjoy learning about the different aspects of filmmaking so the title really interested me. Plus, I'd recently watched a video by Nerdwriter1 (youtube channel) about how you see with your ears. The Ted Talk reminded me of the dichotomy of appearance vs reality. How we hear something and believe it to be what we see. But in reality the sound was created in a completely different way. Frantzolas also mentions how hearing a sound without knowing its source can create tension. This reminded me of the discussion we had in class the other day about how tension is created in literature.
This was really interesting to me because I had absolutely no idea that films/TV shows deceive our ears. I like that you explained his ethos as being established through proving his argument to the audience by having them hear for themselves. Typically when I think of credibility I think of one's reputation or accomplishments, but you point out that we can assume someone to be credible by allowing them to have us prove something to ourselves. I like that different way of thinking about it. Your description of appearance vs. reality is also something I wouldn't have thought of myself, but you're completely right. We trust our ears, which appear to be hearing something, but in reality it's a facade. This was so cool!!
ReplyDeleteOne thing that you said that really stood out to me was that "all bad art comes from imitating life and being realistic, and great art comes from lying and deceiving...". This really made me think why do humans prefer glorified lies over the truth even if it's not pretty? What I think is that humans typically like to get away from the harsh realities of life and find solitude in things that are made up. They either want to believe that life isn't as bad as it really is and just ignore all of the flaws in it. I agree with the appearance vs. reality part of your analysis. As win everything in life, we hear and see what we want to see.
ReplyDeleteLove anything having to do with the "behind the scenes" of film and television- great choice!
ReplyDeleteSome good thoughts here that allow for critical analysis; I do wish you had thought a bit more about organization and how to link each technique together to connect back to the purpose. That's what Paper 1 asks you to do. Additionally, try to incorporate in specific textual evidence to strengthen your assertions.