Question 6 slideshare powerpoint
- 1. Sound
- 2. In our opening sequence we used lots of different types of sound… We used FOLEY to add in our sound, which means adding in all our sound separately to our footage, therefore we used much higher quality microphones to record our poem as well as the stone sound effect, when I re-enacted walking over stones to get a sound effect to add in at the same time as our footage.
- 3. Sound effects we used… - Crow Noise, Owl Noise, Lighting a Match Off a YouTube account that enabled users to use their sound effects in any pieces we wanted to, so was easy to convert into a MP3 format - Chain Rattling, Swing Creaking We got these sound effects of loyalty free sound effect websites online which we simply downloaded and then imported into final cut pro and then put them where we wanted them in our opening sequence - Stones To do this Elen, we recreated the scene, we recorded myself walking over stones using an external microphone mounted to the top of one of our teachers cameras, this was so we could get a really clear and high quality sound, we also wanted to do this to show we could use other techniques when adding sound effects in the form of creating our own rather than using ones that had already been created elsewhere
- 4. What I learnt about Sound… • I did not know what Foley was before I learnt about it, due to the fact this was my first year studying media, so this was one of many things I learnt throughout making my opening sequence • As well as not knowing about Foley I also didn’t consider how much planning and time it took to think about, find or recreate sound effects • It also took us a lot longer than I thought to get sound effects to fit in time to the same motion as our footage for instance the stepping and the swinging chains
- 6. For our opening sequence we used FINAL CUT PRO, which is a movie editing software on Mac’s. We used this software as it was easily available for us to use as well as it is also a really good piece of software as it contains lots of tools and effects for us to use as well.
- 7. What I learnt about editing software… • I learnt a lot about the software when making and editing our opening sequence as I had never used the software before so it was really interesting for me to learn. • I also learnt a lot about things such as how to slow down footage or speed it up as well as other things such as effects and transitions
- 9. We used one main filter throughout our whole sequence (apart from the film companies) in order to make our 2015 filmed footage, look as though it was filmed in the 1950s, it distorted the picture slightly, adding what looked like a static effect onto it to show the quality of cameras in the past were a lot poorer than they are today
- 10. What I learnt about Filters/Transitions… • What filters I needed in order to change my footage to look a lot older than it actually was, without disturbing the quality of the image • What transitions I needed in between my film distribution companies in order for it to flow and look much more professional
- 12. We had a backing track throughout our whole opening sequence which we found online called ‘Come play with me’ as well as this we recorded ourselves and another friend, speaking our poem which we also played through a section of our opening sequence to set the scene further
- 13. What I learnt about Background Music • I didn’t realise how much free and also loyalty free music there was available online for anyone to use in any way they want • What makes the perfect backing music, having to fit with the genre, have sections of suspense that you can match to footage in order to make it feel scarier and therefore the over all sequence looks more effective when the music matches and is in time to the rest of the sequence