Tuesday 21 October 2014

Wilhelm Scream Compilation





This is the Wilhelm scream in a compilation of many different films that have reused this effect but it has been used a lot since the movie "The Charge at Feather River" by the character Private Wilhelm. Since then, it has became an iconic sound effect, now used in 200 other films and blockbusters such as Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Originally, it was in a movie called Distant Drums when a man is bitten by an alligator.

Sound

 


Presentation on different sounds in movies.

Wednesday 8 October 2014

Editing 2





In trailers, the pace of the cuts are fast to create effect. They get the best bits of the movies and cut them together at a fast pace, without giving anything away.

Editing and Transitions

Editing

Editing helps construct the narrative. We are so used to editing in films we barely recognise it. The editing is often 'invisible' and it can be used to condense long, boring activities into quick bursts of visual information.

The simplest edit is a cut, The editor find the best parts of the footage and cuts the unnecessary parts and putting the best bits together.

In the assassination scene of North by Northwest, between Roger Thornhill getting out of the taxi and the top of the United Nations Building, there are 26 cuts. The cuts are most frequent during the conversation scene for the to audience see the reactions.




The pace of the editing can be used to create excitement or tension. For example, in the shower scene of Psycho and when Marion dies, the pace slows down as if her life is slowly ebbing away or leaving her.




If the characters clothes have changed, or the weather has changed between the scenes, the audience know that time has passed. However if the characters clothes or props change in the same scene, there is something wrong with the continuity.

Transitions

Apart from cuts, there are more visually interesting transitions:

Dissolve
- One scene dissolves into another, overlapping for a moment.

Fade out/Fade in
-One scene fades out to black completely whilst another fades in.

Wipes
-One scene wipes across the screen, revealing or replacing the next one. This can happen in any direction.

Iris
-The next scene replace the last by appearing from the centre like an iris of an eye.

Jump Cuts
-Two scenes that feature a common element right after one another, so something stays the same but the rest changes. This is used for disorientating or comedic effect.