Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice, and Sound Effects in Cinema.

SONNENSCHEIN, David (2001) Sound Design: The Expressive Power of Music, Voice, and Sound Effects in Cinema. United States of America, Michael Wiese Productions

This book was an excellent read because it goes into great detail about how important sound design is. The author seems to have great knowledge of sound and how sound is applied to post-production and cinematography. Most importantly, the book gives you a good example on how you go about creating sound design. It also states that sound is essential to film in the 21^st century because they go hand in hand to motivate the viewer to listen and watch.

In Chapter 8: Sound and Narrative it tells you how sound is important in films, in particular moments. “In its most noble and satisfying execution, sound will reveal something that the image does not or cannot” – I feel that this quote will help me understand where certain sounds will need to be in place as I am creating narrative audio piece. Having certain sounds in my audio project, however big or small, it can give a massive impact to the listener.

I feel that this entire book will help me make a professional standard sound project with its tips and advice.