Friday 25 January 2019

Task 1


• To compress and summarise a sound recording to fit a specific space.
In this introduction into the TV show The Flash it is around 30 seconds and this has to be the same for every episode so the episode can run at a specific time and so that the adverts can play. This can summarise the story so far compressed in the start, so the other 30 seconds is a previously.
Comparing both of these introduction to each episode of the flash they are really similar as they are both about 30 seconds long the only difference is one is shorter by a few seconds but having a 30 second limit is good as it allows the episode enough time to run the episode to keep it in its time slot for the TV channel. this is also reconcilable to fans of the show as it is similar in each season and its in every single episode of the flash whit the opening line of 'My name is Barry Allen and i am the fastest man alive' this is the start of each intro in the flash.






















In Blue Planet 2 you have a little prequel to the main start of the series/episode this is to give you a little idea of what is to come, it shows a montage of the mammals swimming and watching nature before the title appears. This is timed to make it play so that the rest of the episode has enough time to play.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_38JDGnr0vA


• To eliminate flawed, repetitive, superfluous, uninteresting, irrelevant material from a recorded clip
Interviews are top for eliminating irrelevant materials from a recorded clip. interviews such as below are recorded and cut or sent out with clips up to 3 minutes to keep the audience interested instead of watching a whole interview just for one part.

When you compare this interview with Henry Cavil to the full Interview most people would want to watch the shorter one as it is 3 minutes long, but the other interview clip about Man of Steel is 8 minutes long and that sounds long winded. Similarities show that they are both about Henry Cavil playing Superman but differences are that the time limit is shorter.  When Henry Cavil is on the BBC One radio you can see that that is another extended interview which is too long compared to the snip it of the 3 minute interview scene.
















• To enable recorded speech to remain legal.
In match of the day they would play clips of football but they wouldn't want to play anything with swearing so they would bleep it out so in this clip below of Joe Hart swearing match of the day would bleep it out. In match of the day you can see that they do not play the clip of Joe Hart as it needs to stay legal so air on television especially if it is live so they wont be able to air it on television especially the BBC.
when you compare these video you can clearly tell that you wouldn't be able to play it as him shouting the swear word it wouldn't be appropriate for viewers as children watch it as well as adults so it would need to be appropriate for all that views. That is why in Match of the day they wont play that clip.

















• To ensure any indecent or inappropriate language is edited out
When radios want to play popular songs they cant play any swearwords so they try to change the lyrics or block it out. This could be the radio editing or the producers of the song changing the lyric all together.


 The difference between this version and the normal version is all the swearing in this song has been cut and edited out. This is common for songs such as rap as they will have a lot of swearing in it, some people have a problem with it as it doesn't sound right listening to gaps in the song.
(1st video is the clean version, 2nd video is the explicit)


















Also this is the same for films this would open up a wider target audience to make sure they can get as many viewers as possible this is what Deadpool has done with there red band trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyKWUTwSYAs and a green band trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONHBaC-pfsk and there is a clear difference in these trailers as Deadpool says two different things in the same scene.

• To change the chronological or logical order of a series of sounds or speech.

This is to show a scene of what is happening as well as the current scene you are hearing and watching so it would be meanwhile scene. The purpose of this is to contrast and compare the scenes against each other. So in the Kings Speech his last speech it cuts away to people listening to him.
This also could be in films where a character remembers an inspiring saying from a previous character e.g. when Luke remembers what Ben said. Or simply a song viewing the past and present.

Comparing both these clips the similarities is that they both speak and it view other areas in the film but in the film The Hangover it flashes back to the start of the film and then changes back to present day of the tiger in the bathroom and it also goes into other people's faces as he sings.


















ADR can be used to make a voice over work so that you can hear what the character is saying.Automated Dialog Replacement this is when the actors voice over their lines again to make sure it matches the film. https://youtu.be/eXAifCfyLaw
• To create impact by adding sound effects and/or music between pieces of recorded speech.
In this film Wanted you can hear phones ringing that implies he is in an office as well as keyboard noises, these are ambient sounds that fit in the background.

Foley Sound is when a sound artist creates sound effects for films, so in Wanted when someone one is walking you want to hear the footsteps someone has Foley sound edited footsteps to make them louder for the audience to hear.

Comparing these clips in Friends you can hear the wind in the background as well as the waves in the background which is ambient sound. But in Wanted its just office typing . the wind causes the effect that you know that they are at the beach as well as you know they are in an office for the film Wanted.
In Blue Planet 2 you can hear non-diegetic sound which has been dubbed over as you wont be able to hear the sound properly under water like they have made it sound like. They have used a Foley sound edit to make this sound like it is underwater. Also Blue Planet has the chance to play ambient sounds which are natural sounds in the background so you could be hearing David Attenborough speak but also hear sea waves crashing in the background this is ambient.

Tuesday 22 January 2019

Unit 24: Sound editing



Find examples of all of the following:

Mood and atmosphere 
The purpose is to make the audience feel sympathy for the characters. The audience can also emphasis with them through the mood and atmosphere in a non fiction film which will show you the reality of it.
Comedy-https://youtu.be/vAfAKsd2P0k- In this film Step Brothers it plays music that is upbeat and makes the atmosphere funny along with the film.
Action-https://youtu.be/_PiheK_0xGo- In this film Central Intelligence the music makes the mood tense as the character is shouting, but its music that makes you edgy as someone is about to get caught. But the music gets a bit more up beat as there is a fight scene ahead and it gets you in the mood.
Horror-https://youtu.be/ryKepaMME_U- In this film Friday the 13th the music  is tense as it is trying to make the scene scary and the mood is frightening. The atmosphere is fast high notes to make you feel worried.
Romance-https://youtu.be/nKdSvhCg3VY- In this film Love Actually the music is slow and happy to show a romantic mood as someone proposes.
Documentaries like blue planet have moods where they will play sad music if a turtle has plastic around its neck. But this clip gets you excited as it shows the bird vs a fish. https://youtu.be/h4pxLHG0Wzs


Audio fade 
The purpose , a fade is a gradual increase or decrease in the level of an audio signal. It may be gradually reduced to silence at its end (fade-out), or may gradually increase from silence at the beginning (fade-in).
Comedy-In a comedy film this could be to fade the music in if there is a sad scene this is the same for action films but this also could be when a scene is getting an action scene or fight scene.
Horror-https://youtu.be/73lYJC3b-Xk-Friday the 13th the scene is all happy and then is turns into a scene where she gets taken down and its a scary sound.
Romance-This could be when the sound goes up as the people in the film are happy and are hugging. 
In blue planet 2 the audio fades as it get louder as David Attenborough speaks


Dialogue (examples of different types of dialogue think mood atmosphere settings and genre)
Dialogue can be useful as it can set the tone of a scene and you can see if someone is happy, sad, scared or angry.
Comedy-https://youtu.be/jXbSonXSLUI- In this film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle you can hear Kevin harts voice go higher which implies he is making a joke or mocking.
Action-https://youtu.be/TIbZNmvyLBI- In this film Fast five the dialogue they are speaking and shouting this implies anger.
Horror- screaming is normally to indicate that they are scared and this is obvious in a horror movie.


Voice over 
Voice over in films can be used to narrate over a story. this could be to say how they got here or explain a story. 
In the Goldberg's tv series there is a voice over to explain what happens in the past and is telling a story-https://youtu.be/n43fM2wdu5A.

Ambient sound (film/tv)
Ambient sound (AKA ambient audio, ambience, atmosphere, atmos or background noise) means the background sounds which are present in a scene or location. Common ambient sounds include wind, water, birds, crowds, office noises, traffic, etc. Ambient sound is very important in video and film work.- from 'https://www.mediacollege.com/audio/ambient/'
Loads of films will use this as it will make a scene seem more natural. 
https://youtu.be/jXbSonXSLUI in Jumanji you can hear the bugs in the background making noise which indicates that they are in a jungle.

Sound-bridge examples again different genres think Yasmin
sound bridge is a type of sound editing that occurs when sound carries over a visual transition in a film. This type of editing provides a common transition in the continuity editing style because of the way in which it connects the mood, as suggested by the music, throughout multiple scenes. In the fil Christmas Vacation https://youtu.be/gTKpKBzd7jg you hear them speak but then it will change scene and gets closer and closer to who is talking.
https://youtu.be/tLm1mhrCws4 Here is a montage of sound-bridge.

Foley sounds 
This is named after the artist Jack Foley. A Foley artist will create sound effects for films such as stabbing noises and swords coming out for a battle.https://youtu.be/Gqs1KO_HKWY This is a video about a Foley artist showing what he does to make the noises.

Synchronous

This is where the sound matches the the scene and is precise like in Indiana Jones https://youtu.be/_kriJvddM64 the music matches the punching.
Asynchronous
This is where the sound matches the the scene so if it is an action scene it wouldn't be precise. https://youtu.be/Pz_URtSSPgw like in Die Hard

Sound Motif (TV/Film)
sound effect or combination of sound effects that are associated with a particular character, setting, situation or idea through the film. The sound motifs condition the audience emotionally for the intervention, arrival, or actions of a particular character. -from filmsound.org/terminology/hermeneutic.htm
This is iconic such as Darth Vader as he has an iconic motif his imperial marchhttps://youtu.be/hNv5sPu0C1E

ADR-

Automated Dialog Replacement this is when the actors voice over their lines again to make sure it matches the film.https://youtu.be/eXAifCfyLaw

Animatic

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