Ambient Sound In Television

A key component in any media production is the audio. Audio within a film and television production can influence an audience to feel a certain way by complimenting visual references and creating mood, meaning and illusion through sound. Sound for a moving image also gives the production an opportunity for additional creative input and to help an audience understand the storyline in greater detail.

In film, television and even radio, a soundtrack is made up of audio components that are all used together simultaneously to create effect. Typically in any production there has to a base layer track throughout, and this could be room tone or ambient sound otherwise known as a wild track. The purpose of recording a wild track during the production is to obtain a constant background sound that would then be used to cover up any cuts within the postproduction process. …show more content…
Throughout the scene there is a continuous ambient sound track that is lowered in volume to allow the dialogue from the characters on camera to be heard. The ambient sound would have been recorded either prior or after shooting the dialogue scenes and then added after the picture lock during postproduction. The ambient sound helps stimulate reality to the scene as it allows the viewer to explore and interpret the environment the characters are in, without requiring visual references. It also gives the opportunity for viewers to experience sound sources, which are off scene and out of