We don’t have to ask why we love videos and movies, visual literacy is becoming more important as time goes on. Thinking about today’s conventions I see in contrast to the silent films of the early years of cinema, the first thing is obvious: there are a lot of talking heads. The cinematic elements that…
Tag: sight and sound
The Wilhelm Scream
Heard of it? I hadn’t until my pal, Lars, turned me onto it and next thing I knew I was combing the Web, looking for as many stories about it as I could. Turns out, this scream sound effect has been used as a bit of a tribute in more films than you can shake…