Video & Sound Production: Project 1
04/09/19-25/09/19 (Week 2-Week 5)
Angelina Lee An Qi (0334272)
Video & Sound Production
Project 1
Lecture Notes
Lecture 2:
Week 2 (04/09/19):We learnt the basics of Adobe Audition. We used our headsets this week and depended on our hearing to change the settings of the given song clip.
Story - explicitly presented events & presumed/inferred events
full sequence of events in a work of fiction, in order which they would have occurred in life.
Plot - explicitly presented events & added non-diegetic (narrative) material
concerned with how events are related, how they are structured and how the enact changed in the major characters.
Three Act Structure:
Act 1 - Beginning (Setup)
Plot point 1
Act 2 - Middle (Confrontation)
Plot point 2
Act 3 - End (Denouement/resolution)
Five Act Structure:
- exposition
background information for the story.
- rising action
basic conflict complicated by intro.
- climax (turning point)
marks a change for better or worse.
- falling action
conflict between protagonist and antagonist unravels.
- denouement (comedy) or catastrophe (tragedy)
shows the protagonist better off than the story's outset.
Story arc - extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media.
Lecture 3: Cinematography 1
Week 3 (11/09/19):Cinema technique is manipulating shots and sequence that isolate part of it to look at and in what order to see them.
Shot - continuous view shot by one camera without interruption
Sequence - series of scenes, shots, complete in itself
Scene - place or setting where the action is laid
Camera angle - area and viewpoint recorded by the lens.
it determines
- subject size
- subject angle
- camera height
Extreme wide shot - broad view of the surroundings around the character and conveys scale, distance and geographical location. If used at beginning of scene it is "establishing shot".
Wide shot - includes entire subject and important objects in the immediate surroundings.
Medium wide shot - character usually cut off across the legs above or below the knees. Wide enough to show physical setting in which action is taking place, nice balance of figure and surrounding.
Medium shot - shows the subject that are important to understanding what the subject is doing. Gesture and expression more visible. Would have to include arms and hands since it is to show what they are doing.
Medium close up - subject character midway between waist and shoulders to above the head.
Over the shoulder shot - shows subject from behind shoulder of another person.
Close up shot - isolate the most important part of subject, Generally head or object, emphasizes facial expression or details of object.
Extreme close up shot - single out portion of the face and magnifies showing detail. Focus on important detail either to increase drama or impact on a situation or to allow viewer to see necessary picture information clearly.
Lecture 4: Cinematography 2
Week 4 (18/09/19):Camera set-up:
- framing--camera position
- choose appropriate lens, and readjust camera position
- adjust camera height
- adjust camera angle
Video resolution right now should be specified as 1920x1080p60.
Camera lens
- wide angle lens
- standard lens
- tele lens
- focal length
- depth of field
- space distortion
Lecture 5: Lighting
Week 5 (/19):-Layering
-Time compression
-Pitch Shifting
-Reversing
-Mouth it
Instructions
Audio Exercises
Week 2:
During this week, we were learning the basics of Adobe Audition and practicing with varying effects and EQ with different tracks. First, we started off with a jazz sound. |
| Fig. 1.1 EQ 1 |
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| Fig. 1.2 EQ 2 |
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| Fig. 1.3 EQ 3 |
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| Fig. 1.4 EQ 4 |
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| Fig. 1.5 EQ 5 |
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| Fig. 1.6 EQ 6 |
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| Fig. 1.7 EQ 4 changes |
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| Fig. 1.8 EQ 2 changes |
Week 3:
We moved on to edit a lady's voice to sound as if:- she was to sound like through a telephone
- she was to be inside a closet
- she was in a stadium
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| Fig. 2.1 Settings for closet voice. |
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| Fig. 2.2 Settings for telephone voice. |
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| Fig. 2.3 Settings for stadium voice. |
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| Fig. 2.4 Settings for stadium voice. |
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| Fig. 2.5 Settings for stadium voice. |
Week 4 & 5:
For this week we were to edit an explosion sound, and three punches and one final blow sound. |
| Fig. 3.1 Settings for the punch sound |
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| Fig. 3.2 Settings for the explosion sound. |
Feedback
During week 3, I was told that one or two of my settings for the jazz sound were correct, but for the most part wrong.Reflections
Experience:
In week 2, I did not exactly know what I was listening for. I could hear slight differences between the EQs but once I started comparing one EQ to another EQ and layered everything, it felt like I could not tell which was which anymore. I have not yet gotten a proper audio headset during this week.As I worked on the lady's voice in week 3, I felt like it was a little bit easier than comparing EQ to each other. These were like totally different sounds.
For week 4 and 5, when I worked on the explosion, I was thinking of putting an emphasis on it by layering it twice, but with one layer delayed by a minuscule amount of time. I think I achieved that.
Observations:
During week 2, all my track volumes were too loud. It was reaching into red volume level. I was not too sure how to control it.For week 3, while I worked on the lady's voice, I think I was starting to get the hang of knowing where everything is in Adobe Audition.
I had trouble visualizing what an explosion actually sounds like, so I searched it up on YouTube, and that really helped me. That was what I did for majority of week 4 and 5.
Findings:
In week 2, I found out that I could adjust the volume through the parametric equalizer, so I was able to lower the volume.When week 3 came around, I was slowly getting more and more familiar with the program. It also helped that I had gotten a new audio headset to work with.
I was a lot more familiar with Audition by week 4 and 5. I felt more confident in tweaking the settings and layering the sounds.
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