Andrew Roberts

Throughout history sound has always had a powerful emotional impact on cultures and the visual arts. Putting visuals to sound is a compelling experience and is used to full advantage throughout most media today to market products as well as entertain.

This relationship is one of the elements at the heart of this compelling nature characteristic of many of the audiovisual experiences we come on contact with in our day-to-day lives. This research paper examines sound’s relationship with movement and emotion, the nature of sound visualization and explores what can determine the effectiveness of sound visualization.