Encajes: la importancia del silencio

Abstract

This project develops the approach, production and assembly of a suitable proposal for the sound of a short film, Lace, made by students of Film and Audiovisual Program at the University of Cuenca, in order to strengthen the visual narrative through the silences that defines the script and the depiction of characters.

The work began with the investigation of silent films, their precursors and their transition to talkies, in order to conceptualize what is meant by sound, sound environment, and the role dialogue plays in the film.

In addition, the short film script and the biographies of the only two characters are thoroughly studied, including both: their psychological aspects and their actions; all this, as a method of discovering relevant instances in which it was necessary to use silence as a narrative device that enriched the scene. Also, it emphasizes the contrast of these moments and how they build an implicit dialogue without using a spoken resource.

The result of our work highlights the importance of silence, as the absence of verbal dialogue. This produced a sound design that works with silence, which is an essential part of the filmed work. Silence becomes a dramatic device in this work: contributes to the development of history and leads us to understand that the actions of the actors have their own language beyond words.