Question

What is the difference between sound films and musicals?

Answer 1

Answer: Musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. ... Typically, the biggest difference between film and stage musicals is the use of lavish background scenery and locations that would be impractical in a theater.

Answer 2

Difference between sound films and musicals:

Sound Films:

• Sound systems does not cover all the forms of audio in a film. Sound design can only create the sound effects like running water, footsteps, shuffling sounds, sound effects by using objects etc...
• It also includes a voice process, the sound effects which are made by voice actors. In the end all these sound effects can be handed to the persons who can mix all the musicals, sound effects, dialogues.  

Musicals:

• Musicals is music. In here, the music which is composed will be added, or the songs which are sung by the singers, backup vocals, humming, beat-boxing etc...
• we can have a music without any vocals or we can also have the vocals without any music. But when the music is combined with the vocals it makes perfect combination.