Foley, named after audio cues craftsman Jack Foley, is the generation of regular audio cues that are added to the film, video, and other media in after creation to improve sound quality. These imitated sounds can be anything from the washing of dress and strides to squeaky entryways and breaking glass. The best Foley workmanship is so very much incorporated into a film that it goes unnoticed by the audience. It makes a feeling of reality inside a scene. Without these background commotions, films feel unnaturally calm and awkward.
Without a doubt, I would use foley for sounds for my film opening. As this would be a scene focused on the sharpened and specified sounds of objects, I would need to be very realistic and clear with the sound I would be using in which therefore would not be any sound effects found from royalty free websites.
I have found many websites to tricks on foley makings such as:
https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/art-of-making-sound-effects/
https://blog.soundsnap.com/2017/10/23/27-tips-tricks-creating-foley-sound-effects-for-film/
https://www.sound-ideas.com/Page/what-is-foley.aspx
On the other hand, there are many noises that are hard to foley such as a passing truck and without a studio, it would be rather difficult to make such grand sound effects without using the real recorded sounds or a clip from a royalty-free website. Despite this fact, I still plan on using foley sound effects for as much of the opening as possible. Since my opening would not involve much of dialogue, the sound is one of the most important ways to convey a message and pull the attention of the audience to the screen with both their sight and hearing involved.
Sunday, March 17, 2019
super hearing research
In the opening scene, I want to create, I want to portray the issues the main character has with his super hearing in which he cants control. I have watched many clips of film characters with similar powers and had picked up a few common details:
-There are many closes up. This shows the specific sounds one hears of the object or person.
-One sound is focused and sharpened rather than the surrounding objects
-The character would have to focus in order to access this ability
These are the main points I have taken into consideration for my film opening. Now, I have cast my friend, Sol Espinoza for the part and have found a busy area such as downtown to be a good spot for the filming. It provides a perfect setting for the plot and character as the cities have the busiest and the noisiest streets of all.
change of plot
I felt that my original idea was too hard to work with and decided to completely change the plot with a corresponding opening that I can work with easily as I have limitations since I have to work alone. After a friend had told me that a good movie opening would have to have the plot figured out so one change lead to another so...
The new plot involves:
An orphan who had the capability of “super hearing” in which he could not control, making him an isolated “weirdo”. With the sudden disappearance of his best friend, he begins to use his skills to find his missing friend after being rudely rejected by the police when trying to ask for help. He finds clues to where his friend is but it leads him to a military base where he was captured. He later learns that the local military had known about him and his skills because he was a missing test subject of the military. They used his friend as a bait and to test out his skills they had integrated into him.Within his captivity, he is imprisoned in an extremely quiet room where he could hear his blood flow and heartbeat in which drove him to cause a massive explosion.He could control energy waves and vibrations.This was exactly what they wanted and they began to experiment him to revoke and“train” his abilities and tortured his friend whenever he disobeyed. He later finds out that the friend that he had known was like him, a test subject who is also a mutilated artificial human and had been tracking him for the military.He is raged and leads to a furious "super power" fight between him and his friend, in which leads to a cliffhanger that zooms out to two teens playing video games, revealing that the characters were video game characters.An orphan who had the capability of “super hearing” in which he could not control, making him an isolated “weirdo” in a suburban town. With the sudden disappearance of his best friend, he begins to use his skills to find his missing friend after being rudely rejected by the police when trying to ask for help. He finds clues to where his friend is but it leads him to a military base where he was captured. He later learns that the local military had known about him and his skills because he was a missing test subject of the military. They used his friend as a bait and to test out the skills they had integrated into him. Within his captivity, he is imprisoned in an extremely quiet room where he could hear his blood flow and heartbeat in which drove him to cause a massive explosion.He could control energy waves and vibrations.This was exactly what they wanted and they began to experiment him to revoke and“train” his abilities and tortured his friend whenever he disobeyed. He later finds out that the friend that he had known was like him, a test subject who is also a mutilated artificial human and had been tracking him for the military.
The new plot involves:
An orphan who had the capability of “super hearing” in which he could not control, making him an isolated “weirdo”. With the sudden disappearance of his best friend, he begins to use his skills to find his missing friend after being rudely rejected by the police when trying to ask for help. He finds clues to where his friend is but it leads him to a military base where he was captured. He later learns that the local military had known about him and his skills because he was a missing test subject of the military. They used his friend as a bait and to test out his skills they had integrated into him.Within his captivity, he is imprisoned in an extremely quiet room where he could hear his blood flow and heartbeat in which drove him to cause a massive explosion.He could control energy waves and vibrations.This was exactly what they wanted and they began to experiment him to revoke and“train” his abilities and tortured his friend whenever he disobeyed. He later finds out that the friend that he had known was like him, a test subject who is also a mutilated artificial human and had been tracking him for the military.He is raged and leads to a furious "super power" fight between him and his friend, in which leads to a cliffhanger that zooms out to two teens playing video games, revealing that the characters were video game characters.An orphan who had the capability of “super hearing” in which he could not control, making him an isolated “weirdo” in a suburban town. With the sudden disappearance of his best friend, he begins to use his skills to find his missing friend after being rudely rejected by the police when trying to ask for help. He finds clues to where his friend is but it leads him to a military base where he was captured. He later learns that the local military had known about him and his skills because he was a missing test subject of the military. They used his friend as a bait and to test out the skills they had integrated into him. Within his captivity, he is imprisoned in an extremely quiet room where he could hear his blood flow and heartbeat in which drove him to cause a massive explosion.He could control energy waves and vibrations.This was exactly what they wanted and they began to experiment him to revoke and“train” his abilities and tortured his friend whenever he disobeyed. He later finds out that the friend that he had known was like him, a test subject who is also a mutilated artificial human and had been tracking him for the military.
Monday, March 11, 2019
music
The music is very important part of the opening scene I had in mind. The music should be very relaxes with a beat and has ups and downs on its beats. This could be a mix of pop and indie and rhythms and blues. A popular artist of similar music I am looking for is Billie Ellish, as her music has a good beat and intertwines chill and pop.The music for the scene would also be instrumental, to stimulate the “high” feeling. However, with the limitations of copyright, it makes it very difficult to find a soundtrack that fits the opening scene.
I have three options:
1)Ask for the ability to use copyright music which has a lower chance of success.
2)Find non copyrighted music from websites such as
And
3)I could make my own music from programs and apps that are accessible such as
- Sound trap
- Apple Garage Band
- Reaper
Critics
Today in class we had to give each other critics and help each other improve and modify ideas of one another.
The feedback that I received was that:
-Although it is a interesting plot, the shot I want to achieve for my film opening are difficult
-Although my plot is generally known, it’s better for the opening if I knew exactly what the plot is
-Although my approach is targeting younger audiences like teenagers, when involved with drugs it usually is R rated, meaning it will mostly seen by adults
-To maintain the realism style, there would be offensive language and other inappropriate selections, again making it R rated
-The film opening idea is not as unique as the plot
-I should figure names and characteristics and background of each main character before I proceed to the opening
These are the general feedback I received. After hearing other ideas, I have decided to consider changing the plot, to something easier to manage. Although the plot may change, I would still like to continue the genre of drama and comedy.
Sunday, March 10, 2019
plot
The specific plot of the story is established before figuring out the film opening is important to make a understanding and clear opening for the audiences. Within my film, I wanted to take an approach on targeting more young adults with popular a characteristic of teenagers: drugs.
My story involves characters all somewhat involved with drugs since a young age. There are six main characters and three set of relationships within the plot: one with drug addiction, one who suffers from withdrawal, one who sells drugs, one who starts drugs again, one who’s abused by a drug addicted parent, and one who began trying drugs from pressure. The plot of relationships eventually intertwine as they meet within an Narcotics Anonymous meeting or has been in touch with one another because of drugs. The plot reveals to the audience the effect of drugs on the user and the people around them and how love and affection effects how that plays. The plot should also reveal how drugs can affect a relationship and the ups and downs of it.It’ll end with a clear message to the audience, drugs change you and everything around you.
I want to approach the film opening with “chill- music”, usually music that people who are high listen to and the camera movements and effects will follow the beat. It would be a few teenagers smoking a cart and doing nicotine in a dark bed room with purple, blue, green, pink lighting and neon lights. There would be puffs of smoke and the shots will be blurry and u clear. It will mimic the “high” feeling.
Multi-Storyline
An idea about my plot has been lingering around my mind since the beginning of the year when i found out about this portfolio.
The widely known comedic drama, Love Actually, inspired me with the one movie three stories 6 main characters kind of deal. "Love Actually," the 2003 film that propelled an age of true to life hot takes, is the story of nine interconnected connections in the weeks in front of Christmas in the United Kingdom.It has a plotline for every moment in a relationship, from first crush to the deathbed and the story covers many realistic parts of one’s memories: the Christmas party, the school pageant, the holiday songs.This style give the audience many plots to focus on, in which also all the plots links to each other. The audience is constantly entertained by each scene as with each scene progresses one of the relationships. It ensures the audience's’ attention on the film.
Another example of this multi-storyline style of plots is a popular Taiwanese movie, Love.The film features an ensemble cast, with the stories revealed to be interwoven as the plot progresses.Through the three sub-plots of eight interlaced characters, the good and bad times of love, what love brings to the table and what love needs to give and take, the film demonstrates the relative circumstances in which love can withstand.These films closely resemble the interesting approach that I want to take, to reveal the unique and peticular factors of my film.
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