Here is some great, practical advice about sound design creation, giving a real insight into how sound creates meaning.
TASK: An alien spaceship is landing in the school playground. Perhaps is squashes some people, perhaps some are burnt to cinders by Hydron-radiation gama tubes... What everyday sounds could you record and play to give this sequence its sound track? How would they work semiotically? (Remember the gun/knife effects of the timer starting in the Saw extract?)
More advanced techniques include 'Songtage' (neologism of 'song' and 'montage' - I guess moong wouldn't have sounded so good) also known as a 'foundtrack' (they're good at these neolgisms, Media types are). Find out what they are here.
TASK: Think of your favourite song. How could it be used to underscore emotional tension in your favourite TV drama? Or work the other way; what pop song would best fit your favourite TV drama opening sequence?
Why do it? Find out here.
Monday 6 December 2010
Thursday 2 December 2010
Editing
Hi Folks,
Editing ppt is uploaded below. Remember the examples we also talked about....
Montage - creating meaning by building up a variety of shots. like bricks in a wall. Team America Montage sequence does a grand job of explaining this, but if you want to see extended use, search YouTube for 'man with a movie camera' and find the Dziga Vertov film.
Juxtaposition / Collision Montage - meaning is created in the contrast between two shots or sets of images. 'Apocalypse Now Kurtz Death' (YouTube it) is an excellent example, Old-Skool (original) use of the device can be found if you look for 'Odessa Steps Eisenstein' on YouTube - an army attack a group of civilians whilst a baby carriage tumbles towards the sea -meaing-making-tastic!
And the film we were watching in class was called At Land, by Maya Derren. You know you want to watch it all the way through!
Editing ppt is uploaded below. Remember the examples we also talked about....
Montage - creating meaning by building up a variety of shots. like bricks in a wall. Team America Montage sequence does a grand job of explaining this, but if you want to see extended use, search YouTube for 'man with a movie camera' and find the Dziga Vertov film.
Juxtaposition / Collision Montage - meaning is created in the contrast between two shots or sets of images. 'Apocalypse Now Kurtz Death' (YouTube it) is an excellent example, Old-Skool (original) use of the device can be found if you look for 'Odessa Steps Eisenstein' on YouTube - an army attack a group of civilians whilst a baby carriage tumbles towards the sea -meaing-making-tastic!
And the film we were watching in class was called At Land, by Maya Derren. You know you want to watch it all the way through!
Editing
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Tuesday 12 October 2010
Genre - the basics.
You have some genre theory in the handouts from the lesson. But here're the basics of how we define genre.
Genre lesson 11
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