Sound Design

Question 1

What is the basis of the sound effects ? Ei are they natural, comical ect
Why?

Answer 1

Naturalism aiming to immerse the audiance
(Audience immersion)

Subvert the audiences expectations heightening the farcical nature of the play

Question 2

What’s the city soundscape ?
Where is speaker and why….

Answer 2

‘A city soundscape of..’(how to use in sentence)

• diegetic street sounds such as traffic, driving cars, emergency service sirens

1. low volume from a speaker beneath the window
2. this indicates the location being in an office building and as such the sounds from outside can only be heard from the window

Question 3

What is the office soundscape ?

Answer 3

Diegetic office sounds
1. People chatting, printing documents, answering 70s telephones

Low volume from speakers positioned outside both doors with the sound slightly muffled and dialect not fully understandable as outside a door
- indicates location and reiterates the bureaucratic nature of the police head quarters

Question 4

How can you manipulate sound with the window to add to the drama ?

Answer 4

Increases volume of the city soundscape from the street below when window is open

Create a wind SFX to indicate high of the office being on the 4th floor

Non diegetic ears tuning SFX increasing intensity ( throwing someone out)

Question 5

The bomb. 💣

Answer 5

Non diegetic SFX of a heartbeating
- increases in pace and volume conveying the increase in tension heightening action on stage

Explosion
- incredibly loud =shocks audience members
- screaming, explosion and police sirens