Research Methods write up

Hypothesis

• People are often more trusting of one sense over another.  For example people with hearing problems often favour sight and people with eye problems will favour hearing.
• People trained in sound and music should trust their hearing over sight as this skill has been developed and nurtured throughout their studies.
• People often listen to audio better / harder and concentrate more on explaining the sounds when the audio is played alone.  Once accompanied by video or visuals they often contextual the sounds and say rather what they see not what they hear. 
• The idea of this paper is to see whether people do actually trust their sight or hearing more and whether people even trained in sound will contextualise the sound and say what they see.

Research Details

• The function of sound for film
• Audio-Visual Contract
• Audio subordinant to the picture
• Robert Bresson " what is for the eye must not duplicate what is for the ear" - Bresson's Relay
• Selective Attention - "Cocktail Party Effect" (Cherry 1953)
• Chion's Materialising sound indices
• Listening Modes:
• Causal
• Reduced
• Semantic
• Referential

Variables

Same:

• Clips
• Questions
• Order
• Platform (online)

Can't control:

• Listening devices (headphones/speakers)
• Playback device (PC/Mac/Phone)
• Environment (Noisy/quiet)
• Problems with audio/visuals
• Ensuring they complete test

Methodology

• Research into stated areas
• Complete questionnaire
• Conduct Survey
• Collect data
• Analyse data