film sound and music

Seeing as my allocated role is the sound manager, this makes me responsible for all the recording of sound and music that will be projected throughout our short-film.
Music, plays a vital part in films because the music that is projected in the film relatively creates the mood you want your audience to feel. People usually think music is not a major detail when it comes to processing films, but it really is. Think about it, if you muted a whole film would you get the same affect that you would with the sound and music ? I highly doubt. Music is the solely the single most important thing when it comes to creating the atmosphere of the film. Without music, our film would just be boring and also because our film has no narration or any formal speech, the music of our film must be chosen very carefully. Our group, wants to give off a positive, fun and enjoyable atmosphere and our music must reflect this. So the type of music we are looking for should be upbeat, catchy, and something with a lot of bass.
Here are a few examples of music that i thought would be suitable for our film project as they all display these entities.

However, as Alex mentioned before we will be playing a dj music mix aswell, but we are still uncertain. But we have many dj mixes to choose  from that also fit the criteria of sound we are looking for (sorry no examples of that) but here are a few other examples we are taking into consideration anyway.

-Bloc party has alot of good upbeat songs, theyre all really good but heres just one example:


- Klaxons golden skans
I'm still not sure about this one, it's also got a good beat but i'm just thinking about how it's gonna fit with our overall project and i'm not sure if it fits well:


Kids: Mgmt


The music for our film is still undecided and these are just a very few examples of music we are considering. These songs may also not be used as things may change during the course of the editing process of our film. But i'll be sure to keep you all updated :)

- Viv aka Arctic fox & Shinji aka pale fox

SYDENYNIGHTLIFE

Hey guys!;0
I made a shot video just using some photos and music :p
the title is a "welcome to Sydney"

I think many podcast producers overlook the power of still photography. In our experience, photos are a fantastic alternative to video. Photos are generally easier to find or acquire, and thus less expensive and more plentiful. But, mixing photos and video takes a little bit of work.
Enhancing images-some of the most common adjustments to photo intended for podcast screens are boosting the situation and adjusting the gamma or level for the image. One software application for these tasks in adobe Photoshop.
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Tempramental Tripods

I am of the opinion that when you go on a shoot, there should be nothing left to chance, there should be adequate lighting, microphones should work, there should be enough cables, and most importantly, THE TRIPOD SHOULD WORK

After booking out the camera and the equipment bag, assembling it in the security office, performing all checks and ensuring everything was present. I got to the location, began setting up and found out that the tripod was feeling a bit hormonal and did not want to work, just when i needed it, it let me down.

But as with most disappointments, you have to be able to improvise, some steady hands, two coffee tables and a couch and the makeshift tripod was ready.

I wish i had a still camera to take a photo of what the impromptu setup looked like.

Points should be awarded for effort, but if you saw what i saw, they would immediately be removed for execution.

Sincerely
TSF

TSF has been stricken ill

Thats right, TSF has been stricken ill, this has hampered my ability to gather a lot of the footage that is required for our editing to take place.

It is only temporary but it means that there will be a bit of down time to update the blog.

The arangements have been made for Pale fox and Arctic fox to take over in my absence.

sickeningly
TSF

*Cough *cough

Examples of what not to do with audio and video

This is a music vide from a while ago, the reason that i have picked this clip to post is due to the fact that even though the song and the clip are both quite cool, there is something about the song that really doesnt fit the visual, and as such it is important that this point is raised.

Startlingly
TSF

Korean ads

This is a advertising film of South korea which aims to inform to foreign people.

Especially, I like the style of film. It doesnt have any conversation, just including musics and types. In addition, I did this capture which is a MCU/MS shot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOu0e3wHkyc

AUDIO...The new Video

I now understand the importance of Audio, After recording a whole DJ set on a Digital still camera and then watching it in playback with no sound, i have come to realise that the effect that the film is trying to send is done so just as much by the audio as it is by the visual.

The audio in our project has taken a different role, most people dont dream in Stereo quality sound, why should our protagonist be any different. What we have endeavoured to do is to create a backing track that will transfer the kind of emotion we are trying to convey to the audience and yet make it fun and enjoyable at the same time.

It is for this reason that we have decided to go with a Dj mix to play over the top of the visual, a lot of the footage is fast paced and we need the sound to reflect that. There are also parts where the frame rate has been slowed down to create some really fun light effects and as a result the mix will be designed specifically to reflect that.