The audiovisual combines sound and image.
Audiovisual is an adjective that refers jointly to hearing and sight . Audiovisual content, therefore, uses 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 the content dissemination format that uses optical images accompanied by acoustic recordings. An audiovisual material is seen and heard by the viewer.
Digital encyclopedias
Digital encyclopedias were one of the first human efforts 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 user experience in a way that was unprecedented.
Over time, different factors collaborated with a new division of content, although without losing the digital format: today, although the popularity of digital encyclopedias has declined considerably, the Internet offers endless reference material that takes advantage of the advantages of the technology. It could be said that, after an attempt to combine 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 considerably increased thanks to digitization.
Advantages of audiovisual content in education
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 countless different paths can be taken.
Some subjects , such as mathematics and literature, do not necessarily benefit from this type 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 interference that misinterpretations can cause, and awakening the vocation of more than one student to seeing for the first time a blue whale swimming free in the ocean, or a philharmonic orchestra performing a gem of romantic music.
Audiovisual content is important in education and entertainment.
a type of art
Audiovisual art emerged with the development of sound cinema, at the end of the 1920s . Until then, the projection of films and sound 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 provided music to the films. Starting with sound cinema, experts began to refer to simultaneous broadcast techniques as audiovisual.
Many people consider video games as a form of audiovisual art, 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.
Audiovisual language
Currently, audiovisual language is understood to be that which is transmitted through the senses of hearing and sight. Television , the Internet and cinema are examples of audiovisual manifestations. The integration of sound and image is known as montage .
It should be noted that audiovisual language exceeds sound and image since it is captured in different physical media, such as a DVD or a tape , which allow the material to be consolidated simultaneously.
A communication class
Audiovisual communication , for its part, is the exchange of messages that use language that combines sound and visual information.
By simultaneously receiving the audio and the image, a new sensory reality is created that involves the implementation of different mechanisms, such as complementarity (both provide different things), reinforcement (the meanings are enhanced) and harmony (a each sound corresponds to an image).