https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr53PVKdMl4
Birdsong, water and wind sounds have been suggested to ease stress and anxiety. A new study conducted by -Cassandra Gould van Praag, PhD, a research fellow at the University of Sussex
said ‘They (nature sounds) physically alter the connections in our brains, reducing our body’s natural fight-or-flight instinct.’
A film by Jack Chambers called ‘The Hart of London’ has interludes os sound which is used effectively with the visual. I am most drawn to the running water sound which can be herd from the middle of the film until the end. Though some of the visuals in the film during the second half may be disturbing the sound of the water adds a sense of calm to the film. The sound leads the visual and leaves you questioning your relationship to the artists, as well as the life and death themes in the film.