Sonnenschein On Sound

Sonnenschein, (2001), suggests that hearing is the first sense that we develop in our mother’s womb and the last one we lose before death. Our ears together offer a stereophonic reception, whilst providing distance and spatial perception and therefore our place in the world. However, we tend to downgrade the ear’s function to almost a reflex and only become aware of its significant role when the eyes cannot perceive the information provided. Still, this gives the opportunity to the sound designer to work with the audience’s subconscious. Sonnenschein (2001) gives an example to understand the function and structure of the ear. Imagine that you are outside near constant traffic and you cover your pinnae (outer part of the ears), without however blocking the entrance to the ear canals. This will result in the high frequencies (hissing sounds) being affected, whereas the lower bass frequencies will remain the same. Some loss of directionality is also evident when turning your head whilst your pinnae are still covered (Sonnenschein 2001). This idea was implemented in the animation clip used for the practical work. Since the character of the animation is deaf, I tried to apply this effect to most of the sounds from beginning of the clip up until the moment where she starts …show more content…
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