VIDEO AND SOUND PRODUCTION EXERCISES

September 05, 2019

VIDEO AND SOUND PRODUCTION EXERCISES

August 2019 - 2019 ( week 1 - )
Ahmed Baahy Suhail (0333925)

Video and Sound Production

Exercises

LECTURES

Lecture 01: Briefing
28 August 2019 (week 01)

First we introduced ourselves and the major we want to pursue. After that was done, we were briefed on the upcoming exercise, projects we will be getting and the soft wares we will be working with as well as the type of headphones are needed for sound production.

INSTRUCTIONS

EXERCISES

Video review of stop motions. Mr Martin asked us to find three stop motion videos thus, these are some that caught my eye.

1. Dimensions of dialogue (1982) - Jan Svankmajer

`This video is actually the second segment of a short film by Jan Svankjer in which he explores the dimensions of dialogue and the importance of communication. This particular segment is called "Passionate Discussion" The concept behind this video is pretty reminiscent of society and how people rush into relationships and make sudden decisions without understanding the consequences and the only way they deal with this shame is to blame each other. This is very well presented through the clay. Passion is very well conveyed when the clay molds fluidly into one and the message is clear. I like clay stop motions specifically because you can manipulate it to any extent and create anything you want. There are just endless possibilities you can come up with, with clay and I'd love to explore that.

2. Shiny- Daniel Cloud Campus

I remember seeing this in class and I kept thinking, why did this particular stop motion stick to my mind longer than the others. I love how they capture so much without having to show a face whatsoever. This missing aspect of the characters leaves the audience to visualize the characters for themselves and hence, captivates them even more. The choreography of the scenes is beautiful to watch and it is interesting how he can create so much movement without having to move the camera at all. The sequence where the people become like waves was just so fascinating and the smoothness of the transitions are amazing.

3. Lost and Found - Andrew Goldsmith & Bradley Slabe

This story is too deep to the heart. The dinosaur unravels itself to save the love of it's life. So much emotion is packed into this and the composition and lighting are magnificently done to capture so much love, perseverance, hope and so much more. It is crazy how you can make objects move and create so much emotion through stop motion. You make the impossible, possible through just a series of pictures and if done right, you can come up with something so raw and pure, something like this. The flashbacks in the final moments add to the emotion and execute the feeling of nostalgia very well.

First idea proposal:
I am still thinking about the story and the message I want to portray but I know that I want to work with clay. I was especially interested in Jan Svankmajer's work since it is very vintage and the message behind is short film's are very dense. I was also attracted to his work as he creates humans and manipulates them with with clay and I have always been interested in the details of people and their features and Jan breaks these features down and manipulates them in creative but effective ways. For the time being, my stop motion idea is to create a non dialogue scenario between people, mainly derived from a relatable issue. Still uncertain of specifics but maybe I can also work with a person who is struggling to find their other half, literally. I want to work with clay. The visual style is like a Jan Svankmajers video,. (refer to the video above) I want the selling point to be the message of my short film and the fluidity of my movements.

Sound EQ Exercise.

We were given a sample track named "Flat" to refer to and had to equalize the tracks to sound the same as the reference. It was a bit hard at first to identify the differences but I got the hang of it.