Sound Panning

Sound Panning:
Sound panning is a lot like camera panning, but with sound instead as this is where sound moves from one speaker to the other or from both to just one, or any other way sound cam move around depending on the speakers. This is used a lot in films in scenes like shootouts and action scenes where bullet sounds would move from one speaker to another as they move across the scene, or when someone can hear footsteps they would often move from one speaker to another to show they are being followed or sneaked up on. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlw2YpBIq2Q - Inglorious Bastards
In this scene foley sound is used for the baseball bat sound when he is hammering it to add a lot more depth to it and also when he is hitting the German officer to make it sound more brutal., also the sound for the gunshot at the end would also be foley sound to make it sound louder, and to again make it sound more brutal. Sound Panning in this video is used when the camera zooms away from the action as the sound becomes quieter the further away the camera got from it's original source. It is also used when the group are applauding the 'bear Jew' as it cuts to several different people, the clapping and shouting varies in volume.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgrVtgKxttE - Lord of The Rings - Return of the King
In this scene foley sound is used for several different sounds to exaggerate each of them, Like in this scene it would be used for the horse sounds and the bow and arrow sounds, this helps make the viewer feel like they are in the middle of all of the action by making each and every sound a lot louder and sharper. Sound panning is used in this video to make the viewer feel like they are in the middle of the situation as the sound switches depending on where bouts the action is taking place, like the sound of the horses and shouts were coming from the left where as when it cut to the orcs the sounds of the bow and arrows were coming from the right. There is also one part where somebody falls off of his horse and the sound actually changes from when you can see the man and when he falls off of the camera.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFguF3gf-vU - A Place Beyond The Pines
Sound panning is used a lot in this opening scene, as when he is waling through the carnival ground the conversations that go on pan depending on where about they are in relation to him as he is walking through them all making the viewer seem immersed in the scene and feel like they are following him. It is used again when he walking inside of the tent as the sound pans as he walks into the tent from the left, it varies again when he gets onto his bike and into the ball. Foley sound it used when he is walking through the carnival, when you can hear all of the sounds going on, like the music and tunes coming from many of the stalls in the scene, it is also used for when the motor bikes are used to make them sound louder, therefore increasing the excitement in the scene.