Project 1-Costume shots Friday

Anni- Professor Albitum
Edwyn- Professor Albitross
Casper- Felix

Hand Written Timeline

Sound Timeline for Video and sound sourcing sheet

links for work completed

http://annushkamedia.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/timeline-x-men-audio-analysis.html - x mensound timeline
http://annushkamedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/compose-music-for-film.html - composing music for film
http://annushkamedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/screen-shot-of-meta-data.html - screen shot of meta data
http://annushkamedia.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/legal-issues.html - music legal issues

http://annushkamedia.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/sound-timeline-for-video.html - sound timeline and sound sourcing sheet

Compose music for film

Usually the music played throughout a film or television programme is called a "score". When composing the music it all starts out with a main melody so that the writer of the music can get a shape and feel to it. They then start to incorporate more instruments to build an overall product. When creating a piece yourself, you need to make sure that it relates to the concept of the film so that you can successfully grasp the attention of an audience, also by making it simple but not too repetitive so the audience doesn't become bored.

James Horner

James Horner is the creator of the titanic song 'I will go on' The molody starts off very simply but slowly worked on to give an emotional impact. The tune started with a simple piano sequence and then incorporated an orchestra which gives the audience an even more emotional feel. This is because the visuals of watching Jack and Rose, although their time spent together has been shown as romantic, by the music played the audience can tell something is going to go wrong.

Hanz Zimmer

Hans Zimmer wanted to make something 'truly provocative and something people could truly hate.' He wanted to make something close to the edge and close to being to much to shock the listeners. He wanted something which contained extraordinary tension 'like razor blades or string' without making it sound to different to the rest of the music and noises of complete insanity.
He had done hundreds of experiments to get this pure, insane noise which goes so well with the joker such as razorblades on piano wire and pencils tapping walls and floors.
Christopher Nolan would go to the edge then Hans Zimmer would push him further which is why the soundtrack to the Dark Knight is so effective and shocking.
Zimmer moved away from the stereotypical 'bad guy' and wanted a sound of pure anarchy and fearlessness.


Immerse yourself
Watch the film repeatedly. With sound and without sound. Each time you watch it you will notice something different and get more and more ideas for you music. Doing this will also give you an idea of timing for you music, the speed in the music, and when it should change to show a atmosphere. For example, A montage clip of something strange cutting to something exciting.
 Even watching other movie clips with a similar atmosphere and emotion as your scene can give you an idea of what instruments and tempo to use. However, it may become to similar and not original.
Be original
Trying to make a creative piece of music within the constraints given by the director can be a difficult thing. Having to tone down something that is complicated and you're proud of may be a frustrating thing to do but keeping in touch with the director and asking his\her opinion could save you a lot of frustration removing elements you're happy with.
Make sure you have the correct gear.
You could have lots of great idea's and music but if your music isn't to a good recording standard getting a chance will be so much harder. Generally you'd need higher end software which allows for MIDI ( A technical standard which allows a wide variety of instruments 'Musical Instrument Digital Interface).
Stick to the feeling of the film
Make sure you really understand the emotion the director is trying to get across and be prepared to change your music to vary to different emotions as the scenes change. If its a montage, many emotions are shown in a short time so changing it even slightly is a must. You may have to watch the scenes repeatedly to know when to change the sounds as emotion in movies are key.

Screen shot of Meta data

In order to be able to find the files I have to work with in premier, I have labelled each clip and pasted them in a file called "Final project" By doing this my work is easy to find and in order to be able to work with.

Screen shot of after effects

This is a screen shot on the effect 'walking through wall' i was working on. Before i shot the main scene i practiced it using after effects. I did this by filming someone walking into a wall, then the actor removing themselves from the shot to then film the empty wall. I then put this footage into after effects and cut the part where he is about to walk into a wall and then the empty wall. This then shows someone walking to a wall and disappearing. To make it more realistic, i put a mask around the beginning of the character and move the mask a tiny bit each frame to show him slowly almost sliding into the wall. To make it even more believable i keyframed his opacity so each frame where hes getting closer to the wall i dropped his opacity by about 20 percent so he's disappearing into the wall. Personally I prefer this effect to the final scene because it looks alot more believable because of the natrual light used from outside and the angle is alot easier to work on rather than side on.