Making Better Movies with Moviestorm Vol 3: Sound and Light

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FILMING SHADOWS Shoot the scene conventionally. Shoot the scene again, and film the key moment using shadows. Review Did it work? Why would you do this instead of conventional filming? How did the shape of the object affect the shot? (For example, a crucifix casts a clear and distinctive shadow, a book doesn’t.) How can you use this to create ambiguity? (For example, the audience assumes they’ve seen one person but in fact it’s someone else) How did you have to light the scene to make it work? How can you use perspective to create a more dramatic image? Followup exercises Experiment with the positioning of the lights to create different shadows. Try it in different styles of movie - comedy can be a real challenge! 42
ABOUT MOVIESTORM Moviestorm is a low-cost, easy-to-use animation tool. It’s not like other animation tools though – it’s more of a virtual film studio. Controlling it is much like playing a game – if you’re familiar with The Sims, you’ll be able to use Moviestorm right away. I’ve been part of the development team for Moviestorm since the beginning, along with my long-time friend and collaborator, Dave Lloyd. It grew out of our desire to make insanely ambitious movies despite having no budget, no kit, and no training. We realized that animation was the way to go, but neither of us knew anything about 3D modeling or 3D animation. We just wanted to direct movies. So we decided to build a tool that would allow us to do that. It doesn’t create movies that rival the visual quality of Pixar or Dreamworks, but we never expected it to. Those kind of movies take huge budgets and thousands of hours of rendering time on expensive kit with large teams of highly trained artists. We wanted something quick and easy that we could use working solo on our home computers – even a $300 bargain laptop. We’ve started to think of Moviestorm as a film sketching tool – it’s fast, it’s versatile, and you can get your ideas across very economically. Along the way, we realized that Moviestorm could be used for more than just making ultra-cheap movies. We’re now seeing people around the world using it for pre-visualization on professional productions, in classrooms, for business presentations, and to help teach filmmaking. You can get Moviestorm for Windows or Mac from http://www.moviestorm.net Moviestorm screenshots: set building, directing, editing 43
Page 2 and 3: CONTENTS FOREWORD .................
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 22 and 23: CUTTING & DIRECTING TO MUSIC Film a
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 44: Matt Kelland is one of the founders

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