Making Better Movies with Moviestorm Vol 3: Sound and Light

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CUTTING & DIRECTING TO MUSIC Film and edit the scene. Review How well did the visuals and music complement together? Does the choreography feel “forced”? What did you have to do in terms of choreography and camerawork to get a good edit? Did you use any background sounds as well as the music? Did they detract from or add to the scene? Followup exercises Do the same with a piece of music including lyrics, and see how this changes your approach, particularly if there is dialog in the scene. Pick the music. Now plan and shoot all the footage, but without listening to the music as you work. Then take the footage into the edit and see if what you came up with was sufficient to work with and adequately timed. If you know a composer (or can compose music yourself), strip the existing music away, and come up with a new score. How similar are they? 22
MUSIC VIDEO Technique Make a music video. Even if you have no interest in making music videos, they allow you to experiment in various ways with putting images to music. They are excellent for practicing narrative without dialog, for practicing editing to a rhythm, or creating pure visual films with no narrative at all. Music videos also allow you considerably more freedom than other forms when it comes to camerawork and editing: you can use extreme angles and all sorts of post-production effects, and you don’t need to follow many of the standard rules of framing, continuity, cutting or narrative. Different styles of music video. (With thanks to SPiT LiKE THiS.) Pick a piece of music you enjoy and can relate to. A short song works best. 23
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Page 4 and 5: This excellent series of books will
Page 6 and 7: EXERCISES How to use this book The
Page 8 and 9: Once you start thinking about the s
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
Page 16 and 17: EMPHATIC SOUND Shoot the scene base
Page 18 and 19: USING MUSIC AS LEITMOTIF Shoot the
Page 20 and 21: USING SOUND TO BRIDGE A SCENE Shoot
Page 24 and 25: MUSIC VIDEO Film the piece in five
Page 26 and 27: Lighting a virtual movie scene is a
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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