15. Why is sound so important in film?

Sound is important in films because it uses all the sound, foley sound, sound effects to create a soundscape. This is just as important as the footage in setting the tone of the movie. A great example of this was in class. We were shown the title sequence of 'The Shinning', but, without the sound we were unable to understand a tracking shot of a car in the road, country side was a thriller, as the bass drone sets most of the genre. People in the class thought it was a documentary or adventure film because we didn't think anything bad was going to happen. The sound was good at suspending disbelief; more senses are being used with sound. The title sequence was also more interesting with the music. When we did a test, listening to only the sound of the title sequences of movies, we were able to identify genre better than watching a moving image, and we guessed the movie correctly.