Each film genre has a distinctive “sonic identity”

Each film genre has a distinctive “sonic identity”








Each film genre has a distinctive “sonic identity”: shared sonic conventions and practices across both sound design and music composition that function in parallel with a genre’s visual iconography. For your essay, analyse and outline the “sonic identity” of the film genre/s of your choice in response to one of the following questions. 

a) Has this genre’s sonic identity remained consistent over time, or have there been major changes in sonic conventions as the genre has developed?

b) Compare and contrast the sonic identities of two film genres. Are their sonic identities significantly distinct from each other, or are there some shared conventions and techniques between the genres?