Sound Response

I liked reading about the concept of audiovisual illusion. When you have only the audio or only the visual of a film (or anything else), it can project a whole different tone or idea. But with sound and image coming together, you can create something powerful and "real." Without audio, many movies would not seem complete (to me).

As mentioned in the article "Projections of sound on image," Alfred Hitchcock in Psycho used this "anempathetic" sound to wind down from the murder scene.

Psycho - Shower Scene

What you say about an image brings meaning to it. So much of our attention is directed to something merely because of what someone might say. Words can express the meaning of a piece, whereas music can express feelings. It's interesting just how important sound is to our lives and how much information can be transferred because of it.

As a side note - here is my favorite use of sound in Bob Fosse's All That Jazz