Blog 3: Reflections on Sound Design

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The movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail uses a lot of sound techniques to create a sound design. 

The first technique involved includes listening modes. For example, a causal sound is used when the bells jingle as the two men are galloping across the field. The sound is a literal sound, and is not one that represents a sound. It actually sounds like that in real life when bells jingle. Oppositely, a semantic sound is used when the coconuts are used to represent horse hooves hitting the ground. They are not actual horse sounds, but the hooves are used to represent actually being that sound.

The second technique involved includes using space techniques. From where the camera is angled, more towards the castle, the men galloping out of the field is very faint. As they come closer towards the camera, the sound gets louder. This gives the perception of distance, because as the size of the men increases, the sound gets louder. As the movement goes away from the camera towards the end of the scene, the sound gets farther away and not as loud. The camera also lends to the directionality in the scene because as the men go towards the castle, the camera pans right and the sound follows the camera.