Com Arts 155 1st Edition Lecture 17 Outline of Last Lecture I Facing Fear II Tracking Sound III The Truth Outline of Current Lecture I Combining Sound and Image II Elements of Sound Design III Technology Current Lecture The Hardest Button to Button Technique Stop Motion Photography Tripod capture image move image repeat Shot this with a mini camera we could do the same with sharper image quality with tools form IMC What Works About It Movement to the beat Motion gives a sense of forward movement momentum Precise need song to edit it Song comes first Combing Sound and Image History Stereopticons and Magic Lanterns Relationship between sound and image precedes video Combining Sound and Image Synchronous Sound Sound matching action and recorded at the same time as picture Non Synchronous Sound Sound that does not match action and recorded at different time from picture This is animation Typically sound goes first Examples of Animations These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Creature Comforts Nick Park Aardman Studios Went around London interviewing people about what they thought about living in London and used Claymation animation of animals in zoo to give responses Backseat Bingo Dir Liz Blazer USC 2004 What Changes Due to Animation Visually You pick up little cues with body language With video may show cues you didn t want to see With Just Video or Podcast This makes it more humorous Takes away uncomfortableness from taboo topic Animation allows it to be more cheery Animated figures all have big eyes which make them more relatable Nature of Animation is that it abstracts reality to a certain degree which may make it easier for the audience to connect Combining Sound and Image Diegetic Sound Sound that is part of the story space or the diegesis Characters can hear it Exists within the world Example from Backseat Bingo Person Clapping Example from Backseat Bingo Sound of Diving Board Non Diegetic Sound Sound that is not part of the story space such as a film s score Characters cannot hear it Example from Backseat Bingo There are certain moments of scoring within backseat bingo Illusion Diegetic or Non Diegetic It s an illusion Can be watching what feels like the most realistic but there are tons of sleight of hand going on Elements of Sound Design Elements of Sound Design Dialogue Narration Voice Over is typically Non Diegetic Some great movies or TV series use voice over narration Examples How I met your mother Scrubs House of Cards Breaks the 4 th Wall Ferris Bueller s Day Off Grey s Anatomy Wolf of Wallstreet Mean Girls Ambience Tells us about the space we re in Music and Scoring Think of animation sound comes first Then animate Then at the end is scoring Sound Effects Number of ways to generate them Can go to sound effects libraries Can try to create them yourself Foley In a space with strange instruments and boards trying to create sound a good foley artist can go from woman in high heels to big guy wearing flip flops instantly Additional Terms Foley ADR Automated Dialogue Recording When you didn t get it quite right you need to re record what you got Sound Editing Going out and getting different sounds recorded that you need sound effects dialogue tracks etc They cut them and put them all in Sound Mix Mix the different tracks together Work out the levels of the different tracks Case Study Any Given Sunday dir Oliver Stone 1999 What are the different ways in which sound is used Make a list of the sounds and their significance List of Sounds from Class Thunder Sound Tackling Sounds Ref Whistles Camera Shots Violins Crowd Cheering Puking Football Pads Hitting the Ground Airplane Laying on the Ground Injured Underwater Kind of Sound Makes time feel like it s slowing down Silence versus Growling Technology Film Sound Always recorded independently on different tracks and synced in post Double system method Video Sound Either recorded double system or single system Double system enables higher quality and control If professional production it s probably the double system method recording independently Our equipment can use single system method It s extremely handy for documentary production but you re giving up a certain level of control