Seeing the sound and sounding the scene


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Creator/Artist: Pratigya Beniwal

Category: Animation Design

Document: Design Research

Batch: 2012-2014

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2009-2018

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. C. P. Narayan


Detailed Description

This project began with a line, a line which was rhythmical yet so thoughtful and powerful. There is an entire universe which can be built upon those pillars, and is already built. “Seeing the Sound and Sounding the Scene” Let’s break them down. “Seeing the Sound” and “Sounding the Scene” They become self-explanatory and somewhat clearer after breakdown. Sound and Visuals together creates such an impactful impression, which creates everlasting experiences. Movie industry is living example of this. Movie industry is exploiting these two dimensions and coming up with more and more indulging experiences. It all started with black and white films, with no sound. People like it but engagement towards the movie was comparatively lesser. But as industry grew and businesses started growing around them, they came up with new cutting edge technological and design solutions to make more involving experiences. In these 100 years, these two dimensions of visuals and sound are evolving with a speed which you can’t feel but is fast enough. We’ve evolved from No sound to Dolby Atoms sound systems; and black and white low resolution black and white movie to 4k ultra HD 3 Dimensional IMAX Screen with a dome like structure. Imagine an IMAX theatre without sound system. Will you still get the same impact? Or imagine someone doing live dialogue delivery and music playing while the movie is running. Will that be effective and good enough for people to concentrate on movie? We think, “NO”. To take this project forward, I and Sourabh Pateriya worked in a team and analysed some movies, how their sound design is done and talked to an industrial expert who is also academy winner.