Sound is used to set the atmosphere of the film by giving a certain tone. It helps encourage the audience to think about what the film may be about, such as the plot and the different types of characters. The best type of sound will suspend belief which is making the audience feel as if they're in the film, instead of watching an artificial made up video. This is usually made by sound design, which is creating or mixing types of sound. This can fall under to categories; diegetic and non-diegetic. Diegetic is sound which occurs in the scene such as music playing on the radio, or wind whistling. Non-diegetic is sound which has been added over the scene such as dramatic music.
A film without sound causes the audience to be bored and disinterested, as it means they will have to focus more on the image to work out what is going on, writers such as Sarah Cordwell says that from the unity of image and sound, sound is worth 50%.
Only diegetic: The silence in these scenes causes a bit of tension however it also makes it drag and boring, as it becomes dull to watch.
Only non-diegetic: The music creates excitement and sets more of a tone on atmosphere, also sets out evil characters. However it makes the viewer have to concentrate more to see what's going on in the scene which is the very appropriate for someone who wants to be entertained.
Both: Both layers compliment each other very well and are as important as each other
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