Sound conveys meaning

also stimulates visual imaging: it creates pictures in our minds (study of this is called psychoacoustics]

radio, for example, is a “hot” medium--that is, the listener’s imagination and experience play direct role in giving story depth, substance and meaning

we interpret sound with our emotions, not our intellect

it may be most powerful tool in the filmmaker’s arsenal in terms of its ability to seduce, because, as sound director Alan Spelt says, it is a “heart thing.”

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Sound conveys meaning...it also stimulates visual imaging: it creates pictures in our minds

Radio, for example, is a “hot” medium--which is to say, the listener’s imagination and experience play a direct role in giving the story depth, substance and meaning.

What's important to understand is that we interpret sound with our emotions, not our intellect

It may well be the most powerful tool in the filmmakers' arsenal in terms of its ability to seduce, because, as sound director Alan Spelt says, it is a “heart thing.”

Sound conveys meaning

also stimulates visual imaging: it creates pictures in our minds (study of this is called psychoacoustics]

radio, for example, is a “hot” medium--that is, the listener’s imagination and experience play direct role in giving story depth, substance and meaning

we interpret sound with our emotions, not our intellect

it may be most powerful tool in the filmmaker’s arsenal in terms of its ability to seduce, because, as sound director Alan Spelt says, it is a “heart thing.”