audiovisual

Audiovisual is an adjective that refers jointly to hearing and sight. The audiovisual content, therefore, use both senses at the same time. On the other hand, the term can also be used as a noun.

The most frequent use of the concept is linked to broadcast format from contents that uses optical images accompanied by acoustic recordings. An audiovisual material is seen and heard by the viewer.

The digital encyclopedias They were one of the first efforts of the human being to bring multimedia technology closer to educational resources, since they broke with the limitations of a book, including text, audio and video in the same package. This peculiar combination enriched the experience user in a way that was unprecedented.

Over time, different factors contributed to a new division of content, although without losing the digital format: today, although the popularity of digital encyclopedias has declined considerably, Internet offers endless reference material that takes advantage of technology. It could be said that, after an attempt to bring together the different types of content, the original organization of text on the one hand and audiovisual recordings on the other has been returned, only this time its accessibility has increased considerably thanks to digitization.

One of the advantages of audiovisual content over textual content, in terms of educational material, is that it brings the student closer to certain concepts that are very difficult to imagine without any graphic reference; Far from stunting your ability to think for yourself, it gives you a broader perspective, from which you can take countless different paths.

Some subjectsLike mathematics and literature, they do not necessarily benefit from this kind of content; However, the natural sciences, history and music, among others, can use videos to capture the information in a more impactful way, avoiding the interferences that bad interpretations can cause, and awakening the vocation of more than one student when they see for the first time a blue whale swimming free in the ocean, or a philharmonic orchestra playing a jewel of romantic music.

The audiovisual art arises with the development of talkies, at the end of the decade of 1920. Until then, the projection of films Y sound they did not go hand in hand, since the films were silent (they did not contain recordings that could be heard). It is worth mentioning, on the other hand, that sometimes there was a live band that contributed music to the movies. Starting with talkies, experts began to refer to simulcast techniques as audiovisual.

Many people consider video games as an audiovisual art form, since some of them combine graphic creations of the most varied styles with a rich and deep narrative, orchestrated music and scenes typical of the cinematographic field.

At present, it is understood as Audiovisual language to one who is transmitted through the senses of hearing and sight. The TV, The Internet and the movie theater are examples of audiovisual manifestations. The integration of sound and image is known as mounting.

It should be noted that audiovisual language exceeds sound and image since it is reflected in different physical supports, such as a DVD or one headband, which allow the material to be consolidated simultaneously.

The audiovisual communication, meanwhile, is the exchange of messages that use the language that combines sound and visual information.

By simultaneously receiving the audio and the image, a new sensory reality is created that implies the implementation of different mechanisms, such as the complementarity (both contribute different things), the reinforcement (meanings are enhanced) and harmony (Each sound corresponds to an image).