Showing posts with label sound. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sound. Show all posts
Monday, 31 March 2014
Monday, 24 March 2014
Our Sixth Rough Cut For School's Out
We have improved the audio and soundtrack and added more layering
Our Fifth Rough Cut For School's Out
This is our fifth rough cut, for this we added our soundtrack and also changed the layering of the locker slam scene so that there are 4 parts that are revealed in a dallas-style entrance.
Tuesday, 8 October 2013
CW: Sound EG 6: Bolt
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| Film Poster |
Byron Howard, Chris Williams, 2008 (Animation, PG)
Produced by: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Distributed by: Walt Disney motion Pictures
Budget: $150M
Box office: £17M (UK)
Trailer, Wikipedia
Rottentomatoes: Scored 88%
Synopsis:
Bolt, a dog, is the start of a hit TV show in which he has superpowers, he is mistakenly seperated from the studio and we follow him on his adventure back home and to his owner penny.
Idents:
The idents are not linked to the main movie through the use of an audio bridge, they each have their own sound.
Music:
The music fades in along with the opening shot, this music is non-diegetic. the music sounds like a music box, this connotes memories, the ancorage provided for the fact that this is a memory is the way the scene has a sepia tone to it. The music changes key at the pivotol point that penny chooses bolt and the screen fades to black quickly.
Change in Music:
The music has now chasnged as the screen shows that it is 5 years later. The music is now quick paced and sounds 'action-y' it again is non-diegetic and indicates the tone for the rest of the film. This music stops when the title card comes onto screen.
Diegetics:
The music within the opening is mostly non-diegetic. For the first part I think that it is non-diegetic to emphasise the feeling that it is a memory, almost as if the music has sparked the memory of getting the dog. For the later scene the music is non-diegetic to help show that what we are watching is a TV show, it's the type of music that is expected to be found in a children/tween TV show.
Volume Changes:
The volume of the music doesn't really change whilst the music is playing. However the volume does change between scenes, in the first scene the music is soft and more atmospheric and less noticable. in the second scene the music is louder, more noticable. This makes the audience more alert and aware that there is action going on, as opposed to the scene simplly being set.
Why has the music been designed like this?
The music has been made like this very specifically, for the first scene the music is made to feel non-intrusive and reminisent, for the second scene the music has been made to make the audience feel on edge, it's the type of music that makes you sit up and pay attention as it is clear that something ionteresting will happen. This is made clear if we do a Commutation test if we were to change the music to being more quiet and less dramatic the scene has not got the same effect, it becomes just as boring as the last shot and the audience will miss the action occuring on screen because they won't be paying full attention.
Produced by: Walt Disney Animation Studios
Distributed by: Walt Disney motion Pictures
Budget: $150M
Box office: £17M (UK)
Trailer, Wikipedia
Rottentomatoes: Scored 88%
Synopsis:
Bolt, a dog, is the start of a hit TV show in which he has superpowers, he is mistakenly seperated from the studio and we follow him on his adventure back home and to his owner penny.
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| An ident from the film |
The idents are not linked to the main movie through the use of an audio bridge, they each have their own sound.
Music:
The music fades in along with the opening shot, this music is non-diegetic. the music sounds like a music box, this connotes memories, the ancorage provided for the fact that this is a memory is the way the scene has a sepia tone to it. The music changes key at the pivotol point that penny chooses bolt and the screen fades to black quickly.
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The key decision that penny makes
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The music has now chasnged as the screen shows that it is 5 years later. The music is now quick paced and sounds 'action-y' it again is non-diegetic and indicates the tone for the rest of the film. This music stops when the title card comes onto screen.
Diegetics:
The music within the opening is mostly non-diegetic. For the first part I think that it is non-diegetic to emphasise the feeling that it is a memory, almost as if the music has sparked the memory of getting the dog. For the later scene the music is non-diegetic to help show that what we are watching is a TV show, it's the type of music that is expected to be found in a children/tween TV show.
Volume Changes:
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| The title card |
Why has the music been designed like this?
The music has been made like this very specifically, for the first scene the music is made to feel non-intrusive and reminisent, for the second scene the music has been made to make the audience feel on edge, it's the type of music that makes you sit up and pay attention as it is clear that something ionteresting will happen. This is made clear if we do a Commutation test if we were to change the music to being more quiet and less dramatic the scene has not got the same effect, it becomes just as boring as the last shot and the audience will miss the action occuring on screen because they won't be paying full attention.
Monday, 7 October 2013
CW: Sound EG 5: Bride of Chucky
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| This is the poster for the movie. |
Ronny Yu, 1998 (Slasher, 18)
Produced by: Universal Pictures.
Distributed by: Metronome Distribution
Budget: $25m
Box Office: $50.7m worldwide. £526k UK
Trailer, Wikipedia
RottenTomatoes: Scored 42%
Synopsis:
The fourth film in the Chucky franchise, it follows on 8 years after the previous Childs Play film. Focusing on Chucky's quest to escape the doll's body he is trapped within.
Idents:
Bride of Chucky (Yu, 2008) starts with non-diegetic music over the idents. This music creates an audio bridge between both idents and the opening shot.
Music:
The music is strings which play slow, drawn out notes, they are combined in the background with a drum, playing slow beats. This beat then builds to a faster beat after briefly stopping. This creates the tension and connotes footsteps or a heart beat (it ispolysemic until we have further signifiers and therefore anchorage). The music here has been specificly designed to create tension.
Changes in the Music:
There is an increase in the pitch and a change to sharp and flat notes all this combined with the fast drum drastically increases the tension. When we do a commutation test we find that this music has been very specifically designed for creating tension and making the audience feel nervous.
Diegetics:
The non-diegetic and diegetic sound are combined and the non-diegetic sound is more exaggerated than it would be in real life (an example of this is the phone, which rings as if it were on speaker phone) the young and naive voice on the other side of the phone creates an impression on the audience.
Volume Changes:
The music quietens for the sound of drips. This makes us focus on what is happening on screen and then when the radio activates we are shocked by the loud noise of it starting happening in the quiet.
The music the returns, making the audience feel safe. It then stops just before the person dies then returns at a faster pace as the dialogue is spoken.
Why has the music been designed like this?:
The music has been specifically designed in order to create tension, it's made to make the audience feel scared and afraid before any action has happened. The music prepares the audience for what will happen throughout the film. The long and slow notes combined with the percussion has an interesting effect on the audience, the long notes make yon hold your breath but the percussion makes your heart beat faster. Within the opening within the opening has been designed to fade and stop before any action happens, the audience will get used to this and so it can be used later on by the film makers to create the right atmosphere for each kill.
Sunday, 6 October 2013
SoundEG4: Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones's Diary Sharon Maguire, 2001
Production: Miramax Films; Universal Pictures; StudioCanal; Working Title Films; Little Bird.
Budget: $26m; US box office: $71.6m
RottenTomatoes.com 81%; IMDB 6.7
SUMMARY/IDEAS I MIGHT USE:
Idents:
Universal Studios
Studio Canal
Miramax Films
Working Title - audio bridge - flute plays - non diegetic sound
womans voices starts - middle aged - narrator - sarcasm and slightly fed up tone
dialogue continues throughout opening between herself narrating with the occasional dialogue from mother
Sound - Denotations:
christmas music starts - upbeat jolly tunes - non diegetic sound however this then fades and becomes diegetic sound
door closes - diegetic sound
older woman starts to talk to middle aged woman - her mum
background music and inaudiable chatter
Opening Scene:
opens on medium shot of bridget as she walks past in the snow - blonde middle aged naive woman quite shy - lost - no purpose?
Opening Scenes:
binary opposites:
man - woman - bridget and mr darcy
urban - hometown - london - countryside - parents live - rurual
dominant - mum bossing her around trying to find her a boyfriend - sparking tension between her and mr darcy
submissive - bridget - on her own no one to sympathise with but her dad - actually likes mr darcy and isnt like all the others her mum usually picks out for her or chooses
Friday, 4 October 2013
Sound EG 3; Bride of Chucky
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| Film Poster |
Ronny Yu, 1998
RottenTomatoes.com 44%; IMDB 5.3
Polysemic - No anchorage and no definite answer
Denotation - what we hear first what it may suggest
Denotation:
String instruments- slow drawn out notes - polysemic - mysterious effect - tension - mystery, horror, thriller.
Timpani - slow beats in the beginning and opening - polysemic - signifies heartbeat or footsteps.
Commutation Test - If you switch the string to a kazzu the genre would switch to comedy and vise versa.
When long notes are played from stringed instruments our heart beat slows down and uncociously hold our breath
When short notes are played from percussion instruments such as drums they create short loud sounds therefore our heart rate speeds up and we breathe faster.
Our bodies are being manipulated from the start.
Visual Effects:
Crash of thunder - lightning - Diegetic
Rain - Diegetic
Opening of gate or door - Diegetic
footsteps getting louder and louder - Diegetic
Music - Non Diegetic
Phone - exaggerated diegetic sound
Unlocking of boot shutting it and driving off - Diegetic
Dripping water - Diegetic
Windscreen wipes - Diegetic
Banging/tapping onto the window - Diegetic
Dumb blonde on phone - Diegetic
Music fades in and out of opening throughout
Loud sound is followed by fast paced music
There is no dialogue until the actor enters the car.
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Sound EG 2: [Ghost Town]
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| Film Poster |
David Koepp , 2008
Production:
- DreamWorks SKG (presents) (as DreamWorks Pictures)
- Spyglass Entertainment (presents)
- Pariah
RottenTomatoes.com 85%; IMDB 6.7
Romantic - ComedyStarring:
- Ricky Gervais
- Tea Leoni
- Greg Kinnear
Synopsis:
The film is about Bertram Pincus who is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts.
Idents Used:
The film begins with three idents;
dreamworks
spyglass entertainment
pariah productions.
Opening Scene:
There is an audio bridge but this stays non diegetic throughout. The music is very upbeat and happy which ties into the opening scene which is new york. Then traffic appears on the street and dialogue starts.
Sound EG 1: [Its Complicated]
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| Film Poster |
Nancy Meyers, 2009
Romantic - Comedy
Production Companies:
Universal Pictures
Relativity Media
Waverly Films
Scott Rudin Productions
Dentsu
Budget; $85m US Box Office; $113m
Starring:
Meyrl Streep
Alec Baldwin
Steve Martin.
The film is about when attending their son's college graduation, a couple reignite the spark in their relationship...but the complicated fact is they're divorced and he's remarried.
The film begins with the only ident that being Universal Studios this at the same time begins with non diegetic sound which has a Spanish theme which becomes apparent as the credits start running we see terracotta tiles on the tops of houses with palm trees and hot weather signifying it is somewhere hot and with the Spanish themed music we think of Spanish islands.
Then as the music continues we get air view shots of an island. Then the music fades slightly but doesn't diminish into the background where it becomes background music for a party. This showing an Audio-Bridge between the opening of the film and the ident
The film is showing signs of being a romantic comedy because of the happy music that is playing in comparison to jumpy low sounding music with strings like in the horror genre.
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