Making Better Movies with Moviestorm Vol 3: Sound and Light

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USING SOUND TO BRIDGE A SCENE Shoot the scene and cut using a regular cut or dissolve. Use sound to make the scene transition more interesting. You may need to adjust your camerawork. Review What sound did you use, and why? Was the thing making the sound part of the original screenplay? If not, does adding it detract from the story? How did you change the camerawork between the two versions? Did you have to specifically show the object making the sound? Did you use the same type of cut between the scenes? How does this affect how the audience approaches the second scene? When does this technique work well, and when doesn’t it? What did you have to do in pre-production when planning the scenes? Followup exercises Try it using several different types of scenes and sounds. 20
CUTTING & DIRECTING TO MUSIC Technique Build a scene or sequence designed to fit to a specific piece of music. This is not the same as making a music video. Music is normally put onto the film afterwards, but there are occasions when the film needs to be driven by the music. For example, if you’re creating a title sequence with a strong theme tune, or you’re using a well-known score. This is particularly important if the music includes specific dramatic emphases, and you need to ensure that certain pieces of action coincide with the music. This is usually handled by the editor, but there is a lot you can do as the director to make the editor’s job much easier. For example, you may have three gunshots followed by someone falling dead, and the music has three strong beats then a long chord. If you show all three gunshots in the same shot, they have to be timed to fit the music, and then you may need to cut or pan to the victim at the right time to make the music work. Alternatively, you may be filming a romantic scene, where the music becomes quiet while the lovers speak, and then crescendos again just as they kiss; you need to ensure that the entire dialog sequence fits within the available quiet period. Moments that can be enhanced by music: as the President shakes his fist to emphasize a point in his speech, add in strong orchestral hits. As the door opens to show a silhouetted figure, or a character sees his destination through a gap in the rocks, introduce a strong theme or change in musical style. Pick a dramatic instrumental piece of music: you can use classical, jazz, rock, or whatever takes your fancy. Movie soundtracks work well - not surprisingly! Now pick a scene evoked by that music. You can include dialog, action, or both. 21
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Page 10 and 11: FOLEY OR NOT? Film the scene, and r
Page 12 and 13: AMBIENT NOISE Film and edit the sce
Page 14 and 15: REALISTIC AMBIENCE Go to a busy loc
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Page 18 and 19: USING MUSIC AS LEITMOTIF Shoot the
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Page 28 and 29: REALISTIC VS UNREALISTIC LIGHTING F
Page 30 and 31: FAKING LIGHTING CONTINUITY Shoot th
Page 32 and 33: MOSTLY DARK SHOTS Shoot the scene a
Page 34 and 35: DAY VS NIGHT Film the scene in dayt
Page 36 and 37: MOVING LIGHTS Shoot the scene with
Page 38 and 39: HANDHELD LIGHTS Start in a dark set
Page 40 and 41: SILHOUETTES Shoot the scene convent
Page 42 and 43: FILMING SHADOWS Shoot the scene con
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