planning for production: SOUND

REMEMBER THAT THE DEADLINE FOR THE FOLEYING CHALLENGE IS UPLOADING BY THE END OF WEDNESDAY: I want to hear the 45 audio effects on each blog please.  The list on the whiteboard is below

Sound - RECAP: remember the Priest / Se7en extract we analysed last WEEK to explore different kinds of sound - a better range of sound types in your production will gain a better mark overall - the Foleying challenge is designed to get you thinking about ways to create sound 

 how was sound constructing meaning for the audience: what levels of sound will you use: diegetic / non-diegetic / synchronous / asynchronous / contrapunctal/parallel  sound applied and how did it create meaning for the audience?

diegetic / non-diegetic

Diegetic means within the 'world' of the film: captured during filming footsteps / voices/doors opening and closing

Non diegetic means added afterwards in post-production and editing - for example SFX / explosions/ a score/music/creaks and sounds impossible to record on set

Remember there is also sound which seems to be Diegetic which in reality had to have been added non-diegetically for example animal noises when the sound technicians may not be able to capture to order on set

http://filmsound.org/terminology/diegetic.htm

synchronous / asynchronous

Synchronous sounds contribute to the realism of film and also help to create a particular atmosphere - for example a door clicks as it is opened on screen but HOW it does so will affect how the audience respond e.g. loudly / creaking / squeaking

Asynchronous sound effects are not matched with a visible source of the sound on screen. Such sounds are included so as to provide an appropriate emotional nuance, and they may also add to the realism - a classic example is rock and roll music over a Vietnam war scene, or an argument scene with a soundtrack that includes the audio of a television crime programme those arguing were 'watching'

http://filmsound.org/marshall/

contrapunctal/parallel  sound

(Parallel sounds are what we expect to hear with that Genre or Images / Contrapunctal sounds are sounds that do not seem to fit the Genre/Image: E.G. in a fight scene one does not expect to hear classical music but it can be used as a juxtaposition to amplify how the audience experiences emotion/reads meaning. / rock music with a fast pace over the scene would be considered Parallel sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0EXHvbsnJ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA_0cvd1EUM

other layers include:

• A film score (also sometimes called background score, backgroundmusic, film music or incidental music) is original music written specifically to accompany a film
• a wild track https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_track

Narrative Codes and Conventions

THANK YOU for the amazing work on the Fairy Tales: every single one of you impressed us in some way. I have added up all the votes (no teacher vote was cast) and the final results are below. Presentations will be at the start of period 1 on the 24th

2015 media production as fairy tales position votes + comments from Elaine Humpleby

THIS WEEKS WORK.
Challenge for Weds 25th November:

• working in your main production groups
• agree your initial Narrative and write it down (if you have not already done so) keep it to 100 words maximum
• complete the Narrative Theory Challenge
• nominate a presenter to summarise your understanding and the impact on your ideas

SUPPORT MATERIAL FOR THE NARRATIVE CHALLENGE

Media narrative codes update 2015 from Elaine Humpleby

Challenge for Thursday: development of STORY and PLOT

Deadlines: meeting them

PLEASE complete the evaluations by tomorrow (Tuesday)

Remember - the activity for the lesson on Wednesday is to continue the Consequences Narrative challenge - By Thursday you will need to present ON PAPER your Film ideas in response to the words on your Consequences sheet

Your videos from last week are in Common files / arts and media / photography / print / AS/A  level media videos

Thursday is also Prize day - awards for the Films - looking forward to it

further links and exemplars of excellence

http://ocrmediastudies.weebly.com/as-archive.html

practical task - outcomes / continuity task COMPLETION AND PEER ASSESSMENT

This week you have three lessons on the Continuity Task.

Ms Humpleby's lessons Wednesday p1 / Thursday p2 to review, refine and to complete the film. On Friday, in Ms Moore's lesson we will all watch the final Film Noir Fairy Story short films that you have produced in the lesson: each group needs to present  a film for viewing and assessment.  I will video the spoken presentations so that you can add it to blogs later. 

This film will act as the  Preliminary exercise aka 'The Continuity Task' and so must include the set requirements: 

• shot-reverse shot
• match on action
• 180 degree rule
•  and the set action: a person opens a door, walks through and across the room, sits and exchanges dialogue with another person

Please prepare the following:

1. A brief introduction to your film - keep it to under 2 minutes and explain what you were trying to achieve / how you organised it and who is responsible for each task/job role.
2. The best evidence of planning from your group - this must be available on the author's blog
3. The film itself

TFS (tips for success):

• if you are behind organise and agree tasks and share the workload so that all the work is completed to deadline
• take time to rehearse your presentation and practice content / timing
• use as many media terms and as much media language as you can - it shows understanding and higher levels of ability/attainment (read your blogs and mine to check the suitable language)

WHAT IF WE HAVE FINISHED THE FILM ALREADY

1. Use the time to refine and make your film the very best quality that you can produce.
2. make sure that ALL blog posts are up to date and are the very best quality that you can produce AS WELL AS  a good quality of content AND range of techniques/technologies used
3. Plan and prepare a way to collect audience feedback and EBI/Tips for success (T4S) - these can be given out on paper or digitally (try using Polleverywhere / Survey Monkey)
4. EXTENSION TASK: write a 700 word evaluation of this activity: the Research, Planning, Organisation and Production.

practical task - outcomes / continuity task - planning for moving image

Today -WEDS 21st

• we will examine the idea of match on action, shot reverse shot and the 180 degree rule
• then you will review and refine your still image Fairy tale befoe planning how to extend it for a moving image piece/short film
• tomorrow - dress up and film - upload
• friday - edit

PLANNING AND PRODUCTION- PRACTICAL CHALLENGE 2

INITIAL SET TASK:

1. create a Narrative: a Fairy tale reinvented OR modernised OR Subverted  but meeting Film Noir conventions in some way 
2. Identify who your target audience is and why
3. what conventions of the genre you will be delivering for example: style, characters, form, codes
4. construct the plot - in what order and structure will the story unfold for the audience
5. storyboard your idea in a visual way adding sound/camera angles/action and lighting info
6. WedS the 14th - plan and refine the ideas - walk through locations and shoot - UPLOAD SHOTS BY THE END OF THE DAY
7. Thursday the  15th film it as a series of stills in both HY &; MO's lessons - USE COSTUME / PROPS / LIGHTING. P1 HY will go through how to use the studio BUT also use the photography students in the group to help you to do this

WHAT NEXT?
You need to find a way to present it
I use Comic life app which enabled me to make it look like a graphic novel - I got a free download from here  http://comic-life.en.softonic.com/
you could use Photoshop or any other presentation process - by next week end of Weds you need to have this uploaded to your blogs

TIPS FOR SUCCESS (TFS) evidencing progress and creativity: keep a PRODUCTION LOG - nominate someone to lead with this - each week record the Facts: what you have done, how, where and why?  Reflective comments: what did you learn, how did you resolve problems, what could you do in the future. Planning: what needs to happen next?

TIPS FOR SUCCESS (TFS)  next steps - this will form your continuity task and so eventually will be a live action acted short film: you must therefore plan to include: 

• match on action
• 180 degree rule
• the set action: a person opens a door, walks through and across the room, sits and exchanges dialogue with another person

Preliminary exercise from Elaine Humpleby

Challenge 6 as film noir representation create a still image fairy story from Elaine Humpleby

Editing and representation a summary of shot relevance in video = film from Elaine Humpleby