Getting Better Sound
Opening Items- iVIE Update
- B&H Wishlists (put fmaggi@eusd4kids.org in the Public area towards the bottom)
- Project 1: Be sure to get an early start and keep abreast of due dates
- Edmodo Introduction
Film Featurette:
- Casablanca
- #3 AFI Top 100
- Best Picture Oscar, 1942
- Best Screenplay Oscar, 1942
- Best Director Oscar, 1942
- Cinematographer Arthur Edeson also shot Frankenstein and Maltese Falcon
- For a great homage, see Woody Allen's Play it Again, Sam
- Many memorable catch phrases:
- Here's looking at you, kid.
- We'll always have Paris.
- ...shocked, SHOCKED...
- Round up the usual suspects.
- Of all the gin joints in all the world...
- Play it again, Sam. (although those words were never in the original)
Task
You are going to be shooting the same scene 4 times (as detailed below). The point is to see what impact the placement and microphone has on a project, so keep the visuals as consistent as possible. Materials needed: - Camera with mic port and headphone jack (use a Newbie-cam, if available); tripod
- Headphones; hope you brought good ones
- Boom mic/pole (we'll supply it); also called a "shotgun" mic; point it at the talent as though it were
- Lapel mic (we'll supply it); also known as a lavalier mic; place it about mid-sternum
- XLR Adapter (we'll supply it) to bring pro mics into a consumer level camcorder
- $20-30 good-enough solution: Hosa MIT 156 Mic Transformer (no longer at B&H) or Pearstone LMT 100 (B&H has this)
- $200 better solution: BeachtekDXA-2T
- Dual input
- Higher quality components
- Stereo/Mono switch
- Line/Mic switch
- Volume controls
- Mounts on camera
- Laptop for editing
Work TeamsNote: If you aren't on the table, we'll count off 1-2-3 before dispersing Team 1 (Todd's Room 215) - Todd Mattox
- Terri Price
- Robyn Somolich
- Mike Tillyer
- Tim Pfeiler
- Mary Lou Jenkinson
| Team 2 (Next to Todd's Room) - Tom Borer
- Shawnda Allen (don't forget to take Mic Kit)
- Courtney Simson
- Nicole Koncur
- Elizabeth Lopez
- Paul Kwiatkowski
| Team 3 (Mitchell's Room 219) - Mitchell deNeve
- Brad Pascoe
- Tali Collier
- Patty Anderson
- Wade Lemaster
- Albert Ngo
| Team FCP (Next to Mitchell's Room) - Gerald Lake
- Larissa Parrott
- Suzanne Catalanotto
- Tamara Whitney (won't be here)
- Shannon Svensen
- Christy Stringfield
- Scott Soucy
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Plan it Out - Choose two actors.
- One says "We'll always have Paris"; the other replies, "Here's looking at you, kid". Feel free to claim as much artistic license as you want. How creative can you be on the fly?
- Decide an effective framing for the location at hand; keep it close; maintain that look for all 4 scenes (How would you expect it to look with Bogart and Bergman in the frame?).
- Be sure to monitor with headphones.
Shoot the Scene - Shoot the scene from 10-12 feet back with camera mic. Frame closely by using zoom.
- Shoot the scene from about 3 feet with camera mic; zoom out to approximate the framing from the first scene.
- Shoot the scene from anywhere (but approximately the same framing) using boom mic/pole. Keep the mic as close to the talent as possible [because of the Inverse Square Law], pointing straight at them.
- Shoot the same scene from anywhere (but approximately the same framing) using lapel mic on person with the smallest voice.
Publish your Work - Bring video into your editor and lay the clips out on the timeline.
- Place them in the same order as above.
- Superimpose text on each clip identifying conditions (e.g. Camera mic, 12 feet away).
- Preview sound using good headphones, if time allows.
- Export finished product
- Export from iMovie '09 (use Medium for the size).
- If you're using FCP, export this way. Use 640x360 for widescreen (16x9)
- Post to one member's blog.
- Be ready to share with the rest of us by 5:15 pm.
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