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Finding grams


Grams aka sound effects, the name Grams come from 'gramophone' as back in the day they were playing it through gramophones (Singleton-Turner, 2011).

For our pre-production, I was given a job to find grams, which wasn't as easy as I thought it would be, however finding decent sounding, royalty free effects that fit into our 80s synth/vaporwave theme is possible. It took a while but with some help from Tom, we managed to get it done in time for the day.

Sound effects are extremely important to any TV show or film. Without any sound design, people may not understand what's happening. Not only does it help to explain the setting of the action it also helps the viewer to get immersed in the show/film. Sometimes we as viewers don't even notice how we react to background music or sound effects (like infamous dun dun duuun). Grams are especially important in kids TV shows and films as it helps them to keep up with what's going on on the screen, draw in their attention even more and even comprehend the actions better (Calvert and Gersh, 1987)



Bibliography:

Calvert, S. and Gersh, T. (1987). The selective use of sound effects and visual inserts for children's television story comprehension. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, [online] 8(4), pp.363-375. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/019339738790027X [Accessed 6 Apr. 2019].

 Singleton-Turner, R. (2011). Cue & cut. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press.

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