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Birth Of Film Leaflet

Birth of Film

Vox Pop

This is my vox pop from when I asked the public what they thought/felt when they saw a homeless person. I got quite a few good responses from people. I edited the responses all together and then uploaded my finished piece to sound cloud. If I could improve this I would get rid of the question at the beginning, got more responses and maybe have provoked better responses from people.

Adobe Premiere

How to use Adobe Premiere

Firstly you will need to create a new project. Name the project and select the video type you need. Once done you'll then need to upload your video clips into the software by clicking in the area that is circled in yellow.

Once done you can then double click on any of your clips and it will show up in the first screen screen for you to edit. 

Once your clip is in this screen you can edit it by using the "I" button on your keyboard to chose where you want the clip to start and the "O" button on your keyboard to chose when you want the video to end. You can then drag your clip down from that first screen into the box circled in yellow below to add it to your film.

Once you have added it to your film it'll appear in the second screen and you can watch it to see how it looks.

You can then use the yellow line on your film clip, (shown below) to change the loudness of the audio on the clip.

You can also add audio into the area you added your clips into and add that on top of your video's to have music playing. You can cut this audio down too so it matches the scene and clips in your video.

You can then save your finished piece.

Glossary

Film Editing Glossary

Close-up - This is a shot usually used to show detail and the emotions on a persons face.

Extreme Close-up - This is a shot taken very close to the subject (closer than for a close-up), revealing extreme detail.

Long shot - Used to show detail in a scene. (Establishing shot)

Bridging shot - This is a cut to another scene that is used to cover a break in time.

Cross-cut - This is usually used to sow the audience something that is happening in two different scene's but at the same time (Parallel Action).

Cut - in editing, a single unbroken strip of film.

Dissolve - Used to change from one shot to another with a fade out and fade in effect as the end of one scene merges into the beginning of the next scene.

Jump cut - Used to cut from one lot of action to the another moment in time with another lot of action.

Pan - To show a full scene.

Aerial Shot - A shot taken from a high place (building, plane or crane).

Camera Angle - Low and High usually used to establish power or weakness.

Sherlock Holmes Opening Scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=098QxdbedQI

In this first scene from Sherlock you can hear lots of sounds like, the man running, the horses, the fire, a bird and the mans breathing as well as the music playing over the scene.

The music starts off as just a piano playing a calm and repetitive tune but then you hear the volume begin to drop and the horses nah along with the running of the horses and the music starts up again but this time at a fast pace as it builds up dramatically. You can also hear the mans feet running on the cobbled floor and the horses hooves trotting. The music plays throughout the whole clip and builds up gradually and dramatically until the end of the clip when a door opens and slams shut and everything goes silent.

Sound on Film

Sound Glossary-

• Rhythm
• Tone (Links to pitch, tone can be harsh or soft)
• Volume (How loud or quiet something it)
• Pitch
• Vibration
• Resonance
• Timbre
• Degetic/Non Degetic (Sound on screen and Non Degetic is sound added in)
• Sound Effects (Sounds made artificially)
• Voice Over (Off Screen Voice)
• Musical Score (Creates atmosphere and links shots together)
• Silence (Used in film to gain a reaction from the audience)
• Selective sound (Emphasizes key sound elements)
• Sound Bridges (Links shots together)
• Ambient (Creates a feeling/emotion throughout a scene and a sense of place)
• Mood (Emotion created by scenes and shots)
• Theme Music (Usually starts and ends the film and creates a sense of a story line throughout the song)
• Asynchronous Sound (Musical sound track)
• Synchronous Sound (This is when the music matches whats happening in a scene)
• Contrapuntal (When the sound doesn't match the film reality/scene going on)