How does reading chapter 7 and 8 help you as a filmmaker and as a student of film?

 Diving into chapter 7, which talked about sound helped my understanding of film. This chapter broke sound down into different parts that included Recording, Editing, Mixing and Music. First in Sound Recording, the author talked about the different people that are involved in Sound Production department. I guess I had no idea that it broke down into many parts such as,  Location sound recordist/mixer or sound technicians. Secondly in Sound Editing, I was already that editors of sound capture sounds using different sounds that they appear in the film, by doing single takes with random objects that sound similar or use a sound board that has prerecorded sounds. Third with Sound Mixing, in my opinion is the most important part of sound production. I liked the example brought up with Raging Bull, director Martin Scorsese decides to make one entire scene silent to capture a particular moment in Raging Bull. He certainly could have just kept the normal atmospheric sound in but it was left out on purpose. Lastly in Chapter 7 talks about Music. This is pretty self explanatory and the most commonly known byy general film viewers. As discussed before,  Non-Diegetic/ Diegetic sound (The music the actors in the film can hear). There are some fantastic soundtracks that have been created for an audience over the years, like in Star Wars or Avengers series. 

In Chapter 8, the main topic discussed was Acting. The author dives into the Evolution of performance and the drastic changes it went through from the Silent Era to the Golden Age of Hollywood. Acting was refined between the Golden age to the Modern era with Actors learning Cinematic Language and "playing to the camera" or Natural. Which means learning how to draw the audience in depending on the appeal of emotion going for. The methods/schools developed during the Golden Age were Stanislavski Method or The Classical School. Classical imposes an emphasis on the text and precision of performance. I had no idea that acting really changed by the time sound was introduced into film. The Method is focuses more on emotion or feel of the scene. I feel as if we see the appeal of emotion more appreciated as the "great Acting" because actors are putting there all into the film. Which makes the Classical method overlooked at times. One of my favorite Actors Jake Gyllenhaal, does The Method more often in his films. Especially in Nightcrawler, there is a specific scene when he is staring at a mirror and begins to scream because of the anger and frustation at is building up in the character. Lastly touching on is how the improvement of technology has help improve acting and bending the medium. Because of technology we are allowed as viewers to dive deep into how/what the actor is doing as their character. 

Here is the video of Jake in Nightcrawler, this ten second clip will help you understand how he uses The Method more in film. This is one of my all time favorite movies and HIGHLY recommend checking it out.