Soundtrack
In our foundation portfolio production we found it difficult to find uncopyrighted music to use as a soundtrack, and we also had no access to Apple Mac's at our sixth form. However, this year we have been much more fortunate with the Media department now having Mac's that we can use, and also a source for uncopyrighted music: Steven Scott (who will be credited).
After we had our main structure of footage, we played around with one of Steven Scott's tracks that we particularly liked, and cut it up into smaller sections of different tempos so that we could mix around the order and fade them together. We chose two main sections of the track: an upbeat section for the faster areas of the trailer, and a slower and much quieter section to help build tension. We then added this audio, as well as the pre-recorded audio of the newsreader to our rough structure so that we could edit the transitions to match up with the beat of the music.
We linked the faster paced sections of music to the shots in which we had altered the length and sped up the movements, and also to the sections in which our characters were running (disequilibrium). The slower sections we then added to the tension-building beginning of our trailer in the equilibrium stages, as well as at the end of the trailer as a fade out.
We could then finish editing our teaser trailer with more precision based on the soundtrack that we had altered from one of our uncopyrighted tracks.
After we had our main structure of footage, we played around with one of Steven Scott's tracks that we particularly liked, and cut it up into smaller sections of different tempos so that we could mix around the order and fade them together. We chose two main sections of the track: an upbeat section for the faster areas of the trailer, and a slower and much quieter section to help build tension. We then added this audio, as well as the pre-recorded audio of the newsreader to our rough structure so that we could edit the transitions to match up with the beat of the music.
We linked the faster paced sections of music to the shots in which we had altered the length and sped up the movements, and also to the sections in which our characters were running (disequilibrium). The slower sections we then added to the tension-building beginning of our trailer in the equilibrium stages, as well as at the end of the trailer as a fade out.
We could then finish editing our teaser trailer with more precision based on the soundtrack that we had altered from one of our uncopyrighted tracks.
posted by Emma C. at
Monday, January 25, 2010
1 Comments:
So glad you liked Steve's music and could use it in your production. Well done for experimenting with garageband and for editing sound to add atmosphere and meaning.
Target: Make sure you create alternative versions for class feedback - this will allow you to use audience reaction in your evaluations
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