Grace
Audition:
Taylor
Audition:
Anabeth
Friday 9 October 2009
Thursday 8 October 2009
Costume List
This is our costume list for the our story "The Monster"
Lilly
-Black Blazer
-Red and Yellow Tie
-Black Shoes
-White Shirt
-Red Bag
Zoe
-Black Blazer
-Red and Yellow Tie
-Black Shoes
-White Shirt
-Red Bag
Emily
-Black Blazer
-Red and Yellow Tie
-Black Shoes
-White Shirt
-Red Bag
Ms. Hewits
- White shirt
- Long skirt
- Heels
- Long Cardigan
The Father
- Black Top
- Black trousers
- Black shoes
This is our costume list for the our story "The Monster"
Lilly
-Black Blazer
-Red and Yellow Tie
-Black Shoes
-White Shirt
-Red Bag
Zoe
-Black Blazer
-Red and Yellow Tie
-Black Shoes
-White Shirt
-Red Bag
Emily
-Black Blazer
-Red and Yellow Tie
-Black Shoes
-White Shirt
-Red Bag
Ms. Hewits
- White shirt
- Long skirt
- Heels
- Long Cardigan
The Father
- Black Top
- Black trousers
- Black shoes
Finding Cast!
When creating a short film good cast are essential otherwise the emotion and message of the film may not be portrayed to the audience properly.
What makes good cast:
- People who are reliable.
- People who are willing.
- People who believe in the project.
- People who fit the criteria with in the character profile.
As we are reconstructing a classroom scene we needed several extras, persuading people to extras is not easy, we were looking for roughly eight extras of which we could separate out in our classroom to make it look like a full one. We also needed our main character Lilly, her two friends and a classroom teacher.
Where should we start looking?
As we wanted cast who were good at acting as well as looking like they were 11 – 13 years old we issued letters out to the drama teachers and attached character profiles to them see whether they would recommend any students for the parts and also done this so drama students could volunteer. Here is the letter we sent out:
Dear Drama Teachers, and students,
Notice to all year nine / ten students who are interested in participating in a some a – level media filming. We are looking for around 12 students who could act as year seven pupils in a class room scene; these can be girls and boys to make up a fair majority in the classroom. We are looking for three other main characters unfortunately they all need to be girls. The character profiles are attached behind. Please can you email any students full names forward to amyjoancharles-x@live.co.uk who are interested in these roles as we will need to audition these students and arrange rehearsal schedules through email.
Many Thanks for Your Time and Consideration,
Amy,
Klaudia,
Paul.
We also decided to ask any students in year nine and ten media classes as they would understand the importance of our project as also they are media students. We placed posters asked year thirteen students as we needed to show the difference in age between students and teacher, to come and audition for the teacher role; we were looking for someone who was a female according to our character profile however also auditioned males in case we couldn’t find a suitable female lead they also needed to be reliable. Finally we collected a list of names which wanted to be in our A2 Media Film, all we had to do now was narrow them down to main characters and extras.
Cast Auditions
Here are the three girls that auditioned for Lilly’s character:
Audition:
Grace
Through Graces audition we noticed huge potentional, she was very open, talkative and confident which was very positive for someone we wanted as committed for our main character.
However did she suit our characters criteria?
Considering our main character is very timid and vulnerable we agreed that grace was unsuitable for the role, she did not match our character looks described in our character profile as we wanted a brunette girl with pale skin and her attitude seemed to be more suited to a more popular, attention seeking role. We questioned whether she would be obedient and hard to handle being on set for a number of hours, would grace get easily distracted? We agreed that from the characteristics shown she would nicely play the character of Emily who in the characters profile is stressed as talkative and attention seeking. With grace's character sorted knowing that she would not play Lilly we still had two more girls to audition.
Who will play Lilly? Annabeth vs. Taylor
Taylor
We next auditioned Taylor Cook, her appearance was cute and sweet her stature looked very vulnerable and fragile. She nicely fit in with our character description. When reading the script provided she seemed timid however we liked this. She seemed shy however comfortable at the same time this edged us on even more towards her. Although we had fallen in love with Taylor for our main character it would not be fair to rule out Annabeth's audition.
Could Annabeth top Taylor's audition?
Anabeth
Through out Annabeth’s audition she seemed very shy and not in the way we wanted, she was not believable and looked uncomfortable in with the audition setting. Off camera she seemed confident about receiving the main part and this made her seem cocky rather than professional. Her looks suited the character of Lilly most out of all the characters however her personality did not. We decided that again by searching for the main character we had found our actress for the character of Zoe.
Again please!
Finally before casting the characters we wanted to make sure we had got the correct girls matched with the correct characters so we asked the girls to deliver the script again this time in a slower tone whilst this time recording some notes.
Deliberation!
It was now time to deliberate and we left the classroom to discuss how the girl did in there audition. To make the process fair with in the groups we noticed that majority would rule in the event of an uneven result. Two of us insisted that Taylor was the obvious choice for the character and one ruled against liking Annabeth’s persona however as majority rules Taylor was picked and we headed back to the classroom to tell the girls.
When creating a short film good cast are essential otherwise the emotion and message of the film may not be portrayed to the audience properly.
What makes good cast:
- People who are reliable.
- People who are willing.
- People who believe in the project.
- People who fit the criteria with in the character profile.
As we are reconstructing a classroom scene we needed several extras, persuading people to extras is not easy, we were looking for roughly eight extras of which we could separate out in our classroom to make it look like a full one. We also needed our main character Lilly, her two friends and a classroom teacher.
Where should we start looking?
As we wanted cast who were good at acting as well as looking like they were 11 – 13 years old we issued letters out to the drama teachers and attached character profiles to them see whether they would recommend any students for the parts and also done this so drama students could volunteer. Here is the letter we sent out:
Dear Drama Teachers, and students,
Notice to all year nine / ten students who are interested in participating in a some a – level media filming. We are looking for around 12 students who could act as year seven pupils in a class room scene; these can be girls and boys to make up a fair majority in the classroom. We are looking for three other main characters unfortunately they all need to be girls. The character profiles are attached behind. Please can you email any students full names forward to amyjoancharles-x@live.co.uk who are interested in these roles as we will need to audition these students and arrange rehearsal schedules through email.
Many Thanks for Your Time and Consideration,
Amy,
Klaudia,
Paul.
We also decided to ask any students in year nine and ten media classes as they would understand the importance of our project as also they are media students. We placed posters asked year thirteen students as we needed to show the difference in age between students and teacher, to come and audition for the teacher role; we were looking for someone who was a female according to our character profile however also auditioned males in case we couldn’t find a suitable female lead they also needed to be reliable. Finally we collected a list of names which wanted to be in our A2 Media Film, all we had to do now was narrow them down to main characters and extras.
Cast1
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Cast Auditions
Here are the three girls that auditioned for Lilly’s character:
Audition:
Grace
Through Graces audition we noticed huge potentional, she was very open, talkative and confident which was very positive for someone we wanted as committed for our main character.
However did she suit our characters criteria?
Considering our main character is very timid and vulnerable we agreed that grace was unsuitable for the role, she did not match our character looks described in our character profile as we wanted a brunette girl with pale skin and her attitude seemed to be more suited to a more popular, attention seeking role. We questioned whether she would be obedient and hard to handle being on set for a number of hours, would grace get easily distracted? We agreed that from the characteristics shown she would nicely play the character of Emily who in the characters profile is stressed as talkative and attention seeking. With grace's character sorted knowing that she would not play Lilly we still had two more girls to audition.
Who will play Lilly? Annabeth vs. Taylor
Taylor
We next auditioned Taylor Cook, her appearance was cute and sweet her stature looked very vulnerable and fragile. She nicely fit in with our character description. When reading the script provided she seemed timid however we liked this. She seemed shy however comfortable at the same time this edged us on even more towards her. Although we had fallen in love with Taylor for our main character it would not be fair to rule out Annabeth's audition.
Could Annabeth top Taylor's audition?
Anabeth
Through out Annabeth’s audition she seemed very shy and not in the way we wanted, she was not believable and looked uncomfortable in with the audition setting. Off camera she seemed confident about receiving the main part and this made her seem cocky rather than professional. Her looks suited the character of Lilly most out of all the characters however her personality did not. We decided that again by searching for the main character we had found our actress for the character of Zoe.
Again please!
Finally before casting the characters we wanted to make sure we had got the correct girls matched with the correct characters so we asked the girls to deliver the script again this time in a slower tone whilst this time recording some notes.
Deliberation!
It was now time to deliberate and we left the classroom to discuss how the girl did in there audition. To make the process fair with in the groups we noticed that majority would rule in the event of an uneven result. Two of us insisted that Taylor was the obvious choice for the character and one ruled against liking Annabeth’s persona however as majority rules Taylor was picked and we headed back to the classroom to tell the girls.
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Tuesday 6 October 2009
Although this Video is about low budget indie storyboarding, I believe this video would be useful as we are still creating a low budget film.
World of film board
Here is our second world of film moodboard, this was important to make as it allowed us to give visual image of the themes with in our film.
This is my moodboard about the colour red of which we will create our film about.
It is important to remember that with different reds become different connations.
Red can symbolise intensity, passion and invocation. Red also has different meanings in different countries in India the colour red represents purity and intergrity this is why Inidan brides wear red although in china red symbolises celebration and goodluck and in South Africa red is seen as the colour of mourning.. The color is audacious, so it usually dilutes the colors around it. For this reason it’s used to accent and highlight objects of importance.The colour is used in advertising this is because the colour is eye catching and appetizing promoting the product to the audiences full attention.
Associatons of the colour red
The Red Rose
Oh, my luve's like a red, red rose,
That 's newly sprung in June;
Oh, my luve's like the melodie
That's sweetly played in tune."
-Robert Burns
The red rose had become a metaphor of passion and love.It is one of the most eternal symbols for love and admiration, it's no surprise that red roses are among the most admired and evocative of all the flowers. The charisma of the red rose has been a source of immense inspiration for many throughout the ages. However, it is as the symbol for love that the red rose is most commonly recognized.
Blood
When we think of the colour red one of the connations we recieve is the scarlet red of blood. Death and the gloriness of it is now a recongised as one of the main connations of the colour red.
This is a song called Whitehouses by Vanessa Carton which directly refers to blood. The song is all aboutdanger another connation of red however directly refers to the danger of youth, the story starts with a young couple who are in love and their time spent together. The lyrics talk about achohol and the corruption it has on the mind which also links to the colour red. Some time passes and the couple are in a car and are "going way to fast" the pace of the car ride is also reflective of the fast pace of their relationship.
Last night I heard the screaming
My...First...Child
Hard to explain
With the rush of Blood
And..A little bit of pain
All on a cloudy day
It's more common then you think
It's...My...First...Mistake
My...First...Child
Hard to explain
With the rush of Blood
And..A little bit of pain
All on a cloudy day
It's more common then you think
It's...My...First...Mistake
The girl then begins to talk about losing her virginity introducing a theme of blood, pain and lose of innocence. We character talks about how her relationship was rushed and now is stuck with a child introducing a theme of growth.
Monster Script
Draft #2
We see a shot of three girls hurrying to class (this is noted by the empty halls in the school and the fact that they are carrying books rushing) Right before Lilly goes into her classroom:
Lilly: Bye guys I’ll meet you after school. Same place as always!
Lilly walks into the classroom. Everyone looks at her and the teacher immediately tells her to sit down.
Ms. Harper: (Teacher gets up from her desk where she was busy doing something on the computer) Good morning class! I thought today we would do a fun writing activity.
Class: Awe (whiny, not waning to do it)- Lilly is seen and she does not participate in the whining.
Ms Harper: Now, now kids I mentioned it would be fun, so there is no need to panic. I want you to write about what you are most afraid of. It can be fictional or non-fictional. (A cut to a kid raising his arm, very eagerly) Wait Mathew let me finish then I’ll help you.
I am leaving that for you to decide. Say for example, if I were to write about my worst fear I would write about giant spiders attacking my house! (laughs) Anyway, get started now and you have until the end of the lesson, if you don’t finish it’s homework! (Sounds of the class whining again)
(The focus will start to go towards Lily. Due to an over the shoulder shot, we can start to see what she is writing. Her first written words are “I don’t have many things I’m scared of. There are actually many things I enjoy. (In the midst of that sentence the narration starts and there is a slow fade to three girls playing the park on swings, they are laughing and playing but the voice over covers up the sound from the park) There is a fade back to the classroom of Lilly writing.
Lilly(V.O. narration):” I’m not scared of spiders. I’m not even scared of ghosts. The only thing that frightens me in this world is a monster. (There is fade to Lilly walking along a fence and dragging the stick along the metal bars.)
The monster I know isn’t like any other monster. He doesn’t live in my closet or under my bed. He doesn’t only come out at night. I don’t really understand because I love him; He says he loves me. We still have fun too. (Fade to Lilly sitting on the ground in the park with her knees to her chest and her eyes covered with her hands. She uncovers her eyes and looks around, but there is no one there)
But playing hide and seek isn’t the same as before. Because these days, if I lose the game, I lose sleep that night too. I know everything will be okay and the fear will go away. (Fade to Lilly laying on the grass with a flower in her hand. She is laying on her back looking up at the flower as well as the sky. There will also be a POV shot of the sky at this point)
Besides, the monster only comes out when the bottle is out. (A fade of Lilly at the park watching an alcohol bottle float by in the pond. )
(We are now back in the classroom scene.)
But I’d still like to know why does he treat me so? I’ll never be mad but I still know there should be comfort at home, not pain from your dad.”
As she finishes writing the essay. She puts down her pen and looks up. She is looking straight at the camera when she shuts her eyes. We then have sudden scenes of the film running backwards in about 5-10 seconds as there is a anticipating sound playing. This leads to a shot of Lilly sitting in her room (with the camera looking in from outside the bedroom door) All of a sudden we see a man walk into the door and suddenly slam the door. (-The last scene will be very discrete and dark, the man will not be fully shown therefore we will not see his face, yet everything comes together at this point as it is clear who the monster really is.)
Monday 5 October 2009
Name: Lilly
Nickname: Lils
Age: 11 - 13
Role in the plot: Main character
Biography: An unloved child deprived of affection from a needy mother who is dependent on an abusive partner, has had a hard start to her life. After her parents split and her older brother left, Lilly has been forced to grow up all by herself.
Height: Small
Weight: Light
Eyes: Brown.
Hair: Brunette, wavy.
Complexion: fair complexion
Face Type: Skinny faced
Body Type: Slouchy.
Clothing style: Casual such a teens and t-shirts other than a dirty looking uniform that is creased for school.
Speaking Style: Dreamy, doesn’t talk a lot however when she does makes sense unlike her mates.
Likes: Being alone, school, the park, her small circle of friends, escaping when she is not at home, her room, her bed, fairy tales, films, writing.
Dislikes: Home, ignorant mother, her split life (school and home)
Fears: Her father. The monster.
General Demeanour: Lonely. Quite, smart and depressed.
Ambition: escape from her abusive fathers grasp and live out a normal teenager’s life.
Occupation: Student
Strengths: She is mature and a good listener.
Weaknesses: Can be scared to voice her opinion.
Hobbies: Going to the park, going to after school clubs.
Name: Emily
Nickname: Ems
Age: 11 – 13
Role in the plot : Best mate
Biography: From the start of life Emily had the up hand being born into a rather wealthy family. She is an only child who finds comfort in her friends and is cared for tremendously by her loving, generous parents. He lives in a massive house in an expensive area a little further away from school than the other characters. Her father is a writer and mother is artist who have inspired her massively as she wants to be a fashion designer.
Height: Small
Weight: Fairly Light
Eyes: Blue or Green
Hair: Blonde, wavy
Complexion: fair complexion
Face Type: round faced, baby faced.
Body Type: Skinny Character who seems fragile.
Clothing style: Posh, she could wear clothes such as blouses skirts and tights, wears full uniform to school.
Speaking Style: Proper English however speaks at a fast pace and is very enthusiastic.
Likes: Her friends, fairytales, life, art, make believe and school.
Dislikes: Boys and boring subjects such as history as she much more enjoys creative subjects such as art.
General Demeanour: Bubbly, warming, chatty, immature, girly.
Ambition: To be a fashion designer.
Occupation: Student
Strengths: Full of enthusiasm.
Weaknesses: Can be easily lead.
Hobbies: Drawing, talking, reading non fiction texts.
Name: Zoe
Nickname: Zo
Age: 11 – 13
Role in the plot: Friend
Biography: Zoe is a distressed character seeking more out of life than her mum wants her to. She lives in an average sized house and is not particularly rich or poor. She lives with her mum who is a nursery nurse and her older brother who are always fighting. She confides in music and is bored by her mother wanting her to achieve. She is rebellious, out spoken and does not adhere to the rules.
Height: Just above average for a girl of her age. She is taller than Emily and Lilly.
Weight: Average weight for a girl her age.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black or Dark Brown, long and straight.
Complexion: Extremely pale.
Face Type: Slim bone structure
Body Type: bony and her posture is slouched.
Clothing style: In an average day this child would wear jeans and her favourite band top for example my chemical romance with converse. To school she wears uniform although tries to custom it to her own style making it look scruffy.
Speaking Style: She talks depressingly and seems to suck the life out of the conversation, she seems not bothered and laid back.
Likes: Isolation, music, the colour black, hanging out with her small group of friends, dark make up.
Dislikes: School, the colour pink, dodgy boy bands, her brother and girly stuff.
General Demeanour: Laid back, depressed.
Ambition: Something to do with music doesn’t really care about a stable career.
Occupation: Truanting student.
Strengths: Out spoken
Weaknesses: Her image and is not accepted by everyone.
Hobbies: Listening to music, sketching.
Nickname: Lils
Age: 11 - 13
Role in the plot: Main character
Biography: An unloved child deprived of affection from a needy mother who is dependent on an abusive partner, has had a hard start to her life. After her parents split and her older brother left, Lilly has been forced to grow up all by herself.
Height: Small
Weight: Light
Eyes: Brown.
Hair: Brunette, wavy.
Complexion: fair complexion
Face Type: Skinny faced
Body Type: Slouchy.
Clothing style: Casual such a teens and t-shirts other than a dirty looking uniform that is creased for school.
Speaking Style: Dreamy, doesn’t talk a lot however when she does makes sense unlike her mates.
Likes: Being alone, school, the park, her small circle of friends, escaping when she is not at home, her room, her bed, fairy tales, films, writing.
Dislikes: Home, ignorant mother, her split life (school and home)
Fears: Her father. The monster.
General Demeanour: Lonely. Quite, smart and depressed.
Ambition: escape from her abusive fathers grasp and live out a normal teenager’s life.
Occupation: Student
Strengths: She is mature and a good listener.
Weaknesses: Can be scared to voice her opinion.
Hobbies: Going to the park, going to after school clubs.
Name: Emily
Nickname: Ems
Age: 11 – 13
Role in the plot : Best mate
Biography: From the start of life Emily had the up hand being born into a rather wealthy family. She is an only child who finds comfort in her friends and is cared for tremendously by her loving, generous parents. He lives in a massive house in an expensive area a little further away from school than the other characters. Her father is a writer and mother is artist who have inspired her massively as she wants to be a fashion designer.
Height: Small
Weight: Fairly Light
Eyes: Blue or Green
Hair: Blonde, wavy
Complexion: fair complexion
Face Type: round faced, baby faced.
Body Type: Skinny Character who seems fragile.
Clothing style: Posh, she could wear clothes such as blouses skirts and tights, wears full uniform to school.
Speaking Style: Proper English however speaks at a fast pace and is very enthusiastic.
Likes: Her friends, fairytales, life, art, make believe and school.
Dislikes: Boys and boring subjects such as history as she much more enjoys creative subjects such as art.
General Demeanour: Bubbly, warming, chatty, immature, girly.
Ambition: To be a fashion designer.
Occupation: Student
Strengths: Full of enthusiasm.
Weaknesses: Can be easily lead.
Hobbies: Drawing, talking, reading non fiction texts.
Name: Zoe
Nickname: Zo
Age: 11 – 13
Role in the plot: Friend
Biography: Zoe is a distressed character seeking more out of life than her mum wants her to. She lives in an average sized house and is not particularly rich or poor. She lives with her mum who is a nursery nurse and her older brother who are always fighting. She confides in music and is bored by her mother wanting her to achieve. She is rebellious, out spoken and does not adhere to the rules.
Height: Just above average for a girl of her age. She is taller than Emily and Lilly.
Weight: Average weight for a girl her age.
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Black or Dark Brown, long and straight.
Complexion: Extremely pale.
Face Type: Slim bone structure
Body Type: bony and her posture is slouched.
Clothing style: In an average day this child would wear jeans and her favourite band top for example my chemical romance with converse. To school she wears uniform although tries to custom it to her own style making it look scruffy.
Speaking Style: She talks depressingly and seems to suck the life out of the conversation, she seems not bothered and laid back.
Likes: Isolation, music, the colour black, hanging out with her small group of friends, dark make up.
Dislikes: School, the colour pink, dodgy boy bands, her brother and girly stuff.
General Demeanour: Laid back, depressed.
Ambition: Something to do with music doesn’t really care about a stable career.
Occupation: Truanting student.
Strengths: Out spoken
Weaknesses: Her image and is not accepted by everyone.
Hobbies: Listening to music, sketching.
Sunday 4 October 2009
Monster Script
Draft 1
Ms. Harper: Good morning class! I thought today we would do a fun writing activity.
Class: Awe (whiny, not waning to do it)- Lilly is seen and she does not participate in the whining.
Ms Harper: Now, now kids I mentioned it would be fun, so there is no need to panic. I want you to write about what you are most afraid of. It can be fictional or non-fictional. I am leaving that for you to decide. Say for example, if I were to write about my worst fear I would write about giant spiders attacking my house! (laughs) Anyway, get started now and you have until the end of the lesson, if you don’t finish it’s homework!
(The focus will start to go towards a little girl in the front of the room. Due to an over the shoulder shot, we can start to see what she is writing. Her first written words are “I’m not scared of spiders. I’m not even scared of ghosts. The only thing that frightens me in this world is a monster.”- Then the narration starts and we fade into a flashback.
Lilly: The monster I know isn’t like any other monster. He doesn’t live in my closet or under my bed. He doesn’t only come out at night. I don’t really understand because he says he loves me one day, and others I just hear screams. We still have fun too. But playing hide and seek isn’t the same as before. Because these days, if I lose the game, I lose sleep that night too. I know everything will be okay and the fear will go away. Besides, the monster only comes out when the bottle is out. But I’d still like to know why does he treat me so? I’ll never be mad but I still know there should be comfort at home, not pain from your dad. (As the last sentence is said, we skip to a shot of a man’s shadow hitting Lilly in a dark room)
Monster
This short film reveals the inner feelings and views of a world so much bigger than a girl can imagine. Her outlook on life has been simplified to common metaphors of a young child. However the deeper meanings behind the metaphors are more than some children could bare.
The story opens with the setting of a regular, every day classroom. The teacher gives the children their daily assignment. Today it is no regular assignment. They have been requested to write a short essay-fiction or non-fiction about their worst fear. The teacher jokes about how she is deathly afraid of spiders- therefore her essay would consists of giant spiders taking over her whole house! Lilly’s (main character) fear is a monster that she takes careful detail describing. She describes his actions and his ways- the reasons why she is afraid of him. Throughout her writing there are cuts/fades to Lilly wandering around the park alone. After school hours she’d rather roam the park finding things to occupy her time than go home. In her thoughts while she is at the park she plays on the swing set, kicks around an old found ball, lay in wonder in the grass. As the end of her story approaches it seems to become clearer of who the monster really is. This is reassured by the concluding sentence and the last shot of someone (her father) assaulting Lilly- this being done by a p.o.v. shot of her dad hitting her as she steps foot into the house.
This story gets inside the head and thoughts of a young child who lives in an abusive family. She has created a ‘monster’ in her head as to replace the actual abusive father who has caused her to think this way. The sadness of the main character has made it for the audience to be highly empathetic towards her experience. The entire purpose of the story comes together in the end when it all ends in a bang as the audience finds out that the monster is not an imaginary character in a book or a cartoon, yet an abusive father living in her very own house.
Friday 2 October 2009
Why is sound important in film ?
In class we attended a workshop all about sound and why it is important in film. Before the workshop started we are asked to write down a few reasons why we though sound was important in film.
This is my intial list of why sound is important in Film :
- Sets the mood of the film
- Challenges the audience
- Builds tension
- Suggests the genre of the film
- In films such as SCI-FI which are not real special effects and sound can be used to make the story more belivable.
Audio Work shop
We then watched the video located below on the importance of sound :
From the video I have learnt that :
- Sound adds realism and emotion
- The audience will generally tollerate unclear video however never sound.
- Once you are able to controll sound you can do more with it.
The opening sequence of the ring was then played three times :
The first time it was muted and only video footage was played I realised that as a horror the film the tensions and suspense was destroyed because
In class we attended a workshop all about sound and why it is important in film. Before the workshop started we are asked to write down a few reasons why we though sound was important in film.
This is my intial list of why sound is important in Film :
- Sets the mood of the film
- Challenges the audience
- Builds tension
- Suggests the genre of the film
- In films such as SCI-FI which are not real special effects and sound can be used to make the story more belivable.
Audio Work shop
We then watched the video located below on the importance of sound :
From the video I have learnt that :
- Sound adds realism and emotion
- The audience will generally tollerate unclear video however never sound.
- Once you are able to controll sound you can do more with it.
The opening sequence of the ring was then played three times :
The first time it was muted and only video footage was played I realised that as a horror the film the tensions and suspense was destroyed because
