What is ambient sound?
Ambient sound is anything within an action shot that the actors within the piece will be able to hear. They are background sounds which are present in a scene or location. For example:
: The sound of birds tweeting, the church bells, the train. These all work well together to effectively glue the emotional scene together, if there was a dark scary scene maybe a colder tone would be added by using a quiet location with small amounts of ambient sound to be used.
How do I record ambient sound?
To record ambient sound all you need is a clear microphone which will record the sound clearly. You do not have to hold a mic up when filming a scene you can just record the element you would like separately. Usually when recording outside a foam shield acts as a wind guard around the microphone so you can pick up background noises without any interruptions from the wind or any other background noises not intended for the scene.
Why do we need ambient sound?
We need ambient sound so that you give the audience a realistic idea of the film that they're watching so that it becomes more believable no matter what the situation is. Adding ambient sounds is very important to a scene. When selecting the environment, it can add a lot more to the scene so that it effectively 'glues' the piece together creating an overall outcome of having a realistic and believable environment.
What is dialogue?
Dialogue is a scripted piece in which the actors perform using speech while being filmed by a cameraman. Dialogue can be used for many different things, such as narration, a conversation, or to give a vibe of the genre used etc. Dialogue is one of the most important pieces to a movie to show the audience a good idea of what is going on within a scene. It also adds comedy, horror or drama which affects the viewer emotionally. Just by the actors using the script and chosen genre they can make any words given fit the scene. For example; this scene shows a clear comedic element by the words chosen and how the actors say them.
Why do we need dialogue?
Sunday, 16 March 2014
Foley Sound Research
A Foley Artist works alongside the visual film, ad or video game, adding sound effects to make the film come to life. A Foley artist will use a range of props and accessories to create a 'layering ' of sounds which will then be used to compliment the dialogue.
Foley Artists are necessary to the film making industry as the priority on a film shoot is dialogue. It is then necessary to create the illusion of incidental sound and to add drama to the audio. Foley artists describe their work as 'a marriage of picture and sound' and a craft which puts detail into a film using their 'performance'. There are some items which feature within a film, for example, horses which cannot be brought into a studio so the Foley Artist will have to use her or his imagination to re-create the sound the horse would make. (see illustration below*)
The Foley artist creates the sound using a layering technique. For instance all footsteps relating to the characters are laid down, followed by background footsteps. This is followed by anything that is moving on the screen which in turn gets a sound. This is called the 'Prop Pass'.
In order to be a Foley Artist is is necessary to posses a creative mind and highly developed sense of timing.
The advantage of using real objects as opposed to digital sound is that the audience would recognise the authenticity of a sound they can relate to, which makes experiencing the sound more real for the viewer, for instance Ben Burtt, who created sound for the Star Wars films tells the story of stumbling across the perfect sound effect for a laser gun. While out with his family he accidentally touched the wire on a radio mast. This produced the perfect noise .
Also on the Star Wars film the 'Imperial Walker' sound effect was created by cutting large panels of sheet metal.
* For the 'Game of Thrones' a mic was buried within a basin of earth and another used above the earth while actual horses hooves , hand-held by the artist were used to beat the surface.
Foley Artists are necessary to the film making industry as the priority on a film shoot is dialogue. It is then necessary to create the illusion of incidental sound and to add drama to the audio. Foley artists describe their work as 'a marriage of picture and sound' and a craft which puts detail into a film using their 'performance'. There are some items which feature within a film, for example, horses which cannot be brought into a studio so the Foley Artist will have to use her or his imagination to re-create the sound the horse would make. (see illustration below*)
The Foley artist creates the sound using a layering technique. For instance all footsteps relating to the characters are laid down, followed by background footsteps. This is followed by anything that is moving on the screen which in turn gets a sound. This is called the 'Prop Pass'.
In order to be a Foley Artist is is necessary to posses a creative mind and highly developed sense of timing.
The advantage of using real objects as opposed to digital sound is that the audience would recognise the authenticity of a sound they can relate to, which makes experiencing the sound more real for the viewer, for instance Ben Burtt, who created sound for the Star Wars films tells the story of stumbling across the perfect sound effect for a laser gun. While out with his family he accidentally touched the wire on a radio mast. This produced the perfect noise .
Also on the Star Wars film the 'Imperial Walker' sound effect was created by cutting large panels of sheet metal.
* For the 'Game of Thrones' a mic was buried within a basin of earth and another used above the earth while actual horses hooves , hand-held by the artist were used to beat the surface.
Monday, 10 March 2014
Thursday, 27 February 2014
Legal issues
-Publishing rights
The first is the copyright in the underlying composition and includes the lyrics and melody of a song.These rights are controlled by music publishers.
-Master recording rights
The second copyright is the recording of the song. This is a separate work of creative expression, and so has its own copyright. These rights are traditionally controlled by the record label.
The first is the copyright in the underlying composition and includes the lyrics and melody of a song.These rights are controlled by music publishers.
-Master recording rights
The second copyright is the recording of the song. This is a separate work of creative expression, and so has its own copyright. These rights are traditionally controlled by the record label.
Here shows that the piece of music which is included within my short film is lisenced by the creator of each element within the song via a text to allow me to use his music. (Gary Hellman- Leave tonight)
Creative commons
The creative commons was founded in 2001 with the support of the Centre for the public domain. Creative commons are a non-profit organisation that allows people to share creative work through free legal tools. They are based in Mountain View, California. The organisation has released several copyright licences free to the public. This allows the creators communicate the rights in which they deserve to be able to share their work to the world.
Purpose of music in film
Mr Nobody- Choice scene
Purpose
Music plays an important part in the film industry to bring an extra element of drama to a scene so that the audience have an emotional effect depending on the mood on the particular music/scene given. In concert music the music itself shows an emotion impact on an audience. Although music alone can cause such a dramatic impact, adding this to film exaggerates the idea of a dramatic effect on the audience and emphasises meaning to the specific scene being watched.
Elements
The music within this clip contains just a piano playing, this makes the music very independent with very few high pitched and low chords which makes it simple. The music is slow and dramatic, which almost doesn't fit the scene but because it doesn't fit the scene, elements are picked out by the audience so that emotionally, it works well but visually it does not. The motion of the picture also slows to fit the music almost as if the film has slowed down for the music so rather than the music being in the background, the music is why the scene is so much of an impact.
Meaning
The music within this scene is so peaceful and simple which almost relates to the title of the film 'Mr Nobody' It shows such drama just by one piece of piano which clearly shows a true understanding of a choice being made but also when making a choice, the average being calms themselves and this piece of music contributes to this. The music also graduates from quiet at the beginning and as soon as the mother is seen to shout, a high pitched note on the piano is played which exaggerates the scene so the audience then know that se is screaming, this emotionally impacts the audience so they can relate to this.
Purpose
Music plays an important part in the film industry to bring an extra element of drama to a scene so that the audience have an emotional effect depending on the mood on the particular music/scene given. In concert music the music itself shows an emotion impact on an audience. Although music alone can cause such a dramatic impact, adding this to film exaggerates the idea of a dramatic effect on the audience and emphasises meaning to the specific scene being watched.
Elements
The music within this clip contains just a piano playing, this makes the music very independent with very few high pitched and low chords which makes it simple. The music is slow and dramatic, which almost doesn't fit the scene but because it doesn't fit the scene, elements are picked out by the audience so that emotionally, it works well but visually it does not. The motion of the picture also slows to fit the music almost as if the film has slowed down for the music so rather than the music being in the background, the music is why the scene is so much of an impact.
Meaning
The music within this scene is so peaceful and simple which almost relates to the title of the film 'Mr Nobody' It shows such drama just by one piece of piano which clearly shows a true understanding of a choice being made but also when making a choice, the average being calms themselves and this piece of music contributes to this. The music also graduates from quiet at the beginning and as soon as the mother is seen to shout, a high pitched note on the piano is played which exaggerates the scene so the audience then know that se is screaming, this emotionally impacts the audience so they can relate to this.
Tuesday, 4 February 2014
Thursday, 30 January 2014
Project 1-Production meeting
Today we had a production meeting about the things that now need to be completed from where we are at in the project. All we need to do is film the rest of the footage in order to edit and complete the whole project. Unfortunately the teacher that we need to film is not available until wednesday so we will need to make sure that all the footage has been filmed on wednesday.
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