September 2014

There were 3 posts published in September 2014.

Film/ TV2 – Analysis/ Reflection 4 #3

“From a distant gaze …” (1964) directed by Jean Ravel, picture Pierre Lhomme & Chris Marker, words by Louis Aragon, narrated by Jean Negroni, music by Michel Legrand.

Describe a few things that intrigue you – it might be shot construction, camera work, editing, overall structure, thematic concerns etc. Describe the camera work and why you think it has been shot that way.

 

The camera acts like an observer. There is always a person or an object to be focused in each frame. We are likely to watch aimlessly; then look attentively at certain people’s behaviour or things in the surroundings. The camera follows people in a natural way like an observers’ eyes. There is a moment in the film when a car drives past and as the camera is set on opposite side of the road, it cannot see the subject at that moment so it looks at something else it feels interested. The camera zooms in the subjects as if it is “from a distant gaze”. The close-ups create a sense of intimacy; I can observe them in a short distance away yet they are unaware of being filmed, in which the subjects look so truthful in front of the camera.

Film/ TV2 – Analysis/ Reflection 4 #1#2

In this clip from Forbidden Lies, Anna Broinowski’s 2007 film: describe in detail all of the audio, how it may have been recorded/sourced and how you think it has been edited / layered in post. (You do not need to describe how the music was recorded)

The clip starts with a love song; create a music parody of romance between the characters according to the truth of women from Jordon claimed in the book. Along with the song, there are foley sounds in the background such as birds chirping, the car engine when it drives past, and the swishing of scarf in the wind. As a woman starts talking after the song is suddenly cut off, there are constant comical sound effects when she points out the lies in the book.  The use of jingles, chimes and some sharp sounds enhance the amusement in each lies. I also noticed some moments that two women’s voices overlapped when  they are reading the same thing. This is quite distracting to me but got me into a sense of confusing with the truth and the lies. In the latter part of the clip, when more lie are revealed, the music becomes more upbeat which creates a fantasy feeling.

 

Most applications reserve keyboard shortcuts for the functions that you use most often. It is really good to learn all of these as it will speed up your editing and additionally alert you to functions that the software developers and other users find important. (You can learn much about the software by looking at keyboard shortcuts).

Add Marker (M) – I used to just add title to each clip but this is really useful to add marker to add notes and comments in detail on different part. The markers make things easier as I can just read it on the same workplace while editing rather than the notes I jot down with pen and paper.

Add Title (CMD +T) –  I am sure there will be heaps of different interviews for documentary. This keyboard shortcut of adding titles will save me time to name everything.

Razor Tool ( C) – Razor tool is used quite often. Before I know this keyboard shortcut, I used to pause the clip, scroll the sidebar, click on the razor tool and move back to the clip before I can actually cut it into segments.  Now it is more efficient without dragging my pointer and switching tools.

Track Tool  ( A – selects the Track) – This is very helpful when I want to apply some effect or adjust the audio for all the clips at a time. In this way I do not have to drag my pointer all the way to select the clips.