Contrasting Light and Sound

1. Monica Kruse Contrasting Light and Sound

2. Objectives • Research the importance of having light and sound design that emotes what is being portrayed. • Discover the reasoning behind the importance of aesthetically pleasing light and sound in a scene.

3. Experiment • Create a video using light scenarios with contrasting music. • Scenes used: • Dark scene with Light music • Light scene with Dark music • Neutral (control) • Dark scene with Dark music • Light scene with Light music

4. Results

5. Conclusions • Why is it important for lighting and sound to be balanced? • Properly balanced light and sound in one’s scene establishes the mood and the emotions that effects the audience • Contrasting light and sound could project mixed moods and emotions to the audience that could have the potential of being interoperated as mixed signals.

6. Conclusions • If a piece is balanced or unbalanced what kind of aesthetic could it emote? • If the piece is balanced, the message to the audience is clear, easily understood and interpreted. • If the piece is unbalanced, the message to the audience is unclear. Leaving the audience to anticipate change of the scene and transition into a more balanced scene.

7. Conclusions • Which is more favorable to the viewers, a scene with balanced or unbalanced lighting and sound? • Balanced scenes are more favorable to viewers when compared to unbalanced scenes. • Unbalanced scenes leave the audience feeling not at ease and anticipating an unknown change.