I have chosen this sequence from Rocky to look at the sound used. I really like this clip because the music in the background is continually playing and the words used correspond to Rocky getting stronger throughout his training.
I have chosen this as my second scene to look at for sound because I really like how the music in the background starts of by building tension and then towards the end it flows into a calmer melody. With our sequence we are doing it the other way round, and this helps me to understand how to combine the two different melodies.
On Friday we are going to film the rest of our sequence, then on Monday we will upload it and edit the rest of our piece. Once this is done we would have finished our project. At the moment we are trying to find a clip from the film Brick, which is what had inspired us to create our opening sequence, we are trying to find a clip that has Brendan running away from a guy that is after him, we are interested in this scene as of the loud foot steps that you can hear as we want to have this in our clip. We are trying to find this clip on YouTube but aren't having any luck.
This a clip from Brick. It's the type of thing we wanted when it came to sound; very minimal. There is no dialogue in this clip, and there isn't for a long time. This is unconventional in a typical film, but common for neo noirs. We like how uncomfortable it makes the audience, from having no dialogue for an extended period of time.
This is the trailer for Brick. Although, we're not making a trailer, the sound and music has a very big impact on the mood and atmosphere of the film. This is what we'll be trying to do; to create an atmosphere from our music, as we'll have little dialogue. The music is fast paced, but minimal, building to a crescendo, which is what we'll be doing when our character gets shot.
I have edited the sound for a short opening sequence. I chose orchestral sound effects to make the sequence more dynamic. The beginning of the sequence starts off light and then builds up to create tension towards the end of the sequence. It took us a while to find a suitable sound for the clips. Now we are looking for a gun shot sound but finding it hard to search for.
At the moment i have done the editing for the clips that we have filmed, it is starting to look good and is fitting together well. We just need to film the rest of our piece, which consists of close-ups, and one mid shot. This will be filmed sometime next week, the next stage that we are going to do is the sound editing, we have a dialogue part that needs to be uploaded to the computer and slightly edited to fade in and out for certain important words.
This is where we shot our extract, which is on college grounds. We used a long shot to emphasise how long the corridor is, and to make the protagonist (who's sitting on the first bench) look insignificant, which is what his character is like in the film.
This is the bench where our protagonist waited to be called into the headteachers office. We did a close up of the character doodling obsessively in his notebook before he went in.
From the previous shot, we filmed our character going into the "headteachers" office. We shot from different positions to get a range of footage. In the end, we chose the clip from (around about) this position.
This is where we went around the corner, for the panning shot. To achieve this, the cinematographer (Ram) sat on a wheelchair with the camera, and was pulled out by Nicola (Editor) whilst our protagonist walked forward, and the camera went backward. This was so we could create a successful panning shot.
From the previous shot, the protagonist walked around this corner, to leave the building. It was difficult to shoot this, as by the time the cinematographer got around the corner, the protagonist was already out the door. After a few test runs, we managed to get the right shot, as Ram had to twist the camera, to stay focused on the protagonist.
Once around the corner, our protagonist walked out the doors into the car park, where he would get "shot." We didnt manage to film the shooting, as our actor, and director needed to get home. We're planning on shooting that scene later this week. We'll have to wait until it gets dark, as when he leaves, its night, as we don't want any continuity errors.
We shot from this position once we got outside the door. The shot was static, as we watched him carry on walking. (It was dark at this point)
From this shot, we'll see our protagonist get shot, but the shot will jump to being infront of the character.
Rather than composing our own music we decided to go through Garage bands composed pieces, to see what type of sound would suit our extract best. So far, we've got very calm, orchestral pieces. We're trying not to add too much music, as conventionally music isn't one of the main features of a neo noir thriller. When we add our sound we'll most likely make it very quiet, so it doesn't dominate our extract.
A male student (around 16/17 years old) is kept behind late after school to talk to his headteacher about his recent behaviour. He's quiet and doesn't respond to her telling him he has lots of potential. Once he leaves the school building he's shot in the chest. From there we go back a week and watch our protagonist get himself into that situation. He gets involved in drugs, and distances himself from his true friends, making his life a lot worse. In that time the audience gets to decide if they want their protagonist to live or die. After we watch his journey the shooting scene replays itself and we find out if he lives.
"The Darjeeling Limited" Wes Anderson Cinematographer: Robert D. Yeoman I really like how Yeoman pans the camera from one situation to the other. (at 0.59 of clip) He does this a lot in this film, and it gives you a sense of being there in the same situation as the protagonists. Its also an effect which isn't overly used so it looks new and different to typical films. We probably wont be using this effect for our piece, as it wouldnt fit well, but i will try to use some experimental shots, and using oblique angles.
"Control" Anton Corbijn Cinematographer: Martin Ruhe One of my favourite things about this film is that its all in black and white. Not only does that indicate its time period, but it makes the whole thing look really classy and sophisticated which is a contrast to the actual film which is about rock & roll, women, drugs and suicide. Ruhe uses the black and white well to create really effective shadows which indicate the character's feelings, and the current mood of the situation
Film: The Breakfast Club. | Director: John Hughes. | I Like: The use of the High School as a set. The stereotypical costumes representing the different High School cliques shown in the film.
4.Film: American Beauty. | Director: Sam Mendes. | I Like: The idea of informing the audience of the main characters death at the beginning of the film. The attention to detail paid to the set to match Carolyn's character. The almost Over-use of light to give the scene's that fake suburban atmosphere.
