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MOMI

The demo in front of the computer screen was a short introduction to the concept of creating sound in a movie. The goal of the demo was to demonstrate how foley and other audio created outside the shooting location of a film can be added in post production to build a more realistic environment. In the demo, a scene of Titanic was stripped of all its audio and played. After the first viewing, one audio track was inserted. After that viewing another one was added and so on. By seeing the progression of the audio tracks come into the scene we saw the scene become more lifelike. During the demo we learned that some of the foley audio wasn’t even a recording of what the audio was supposed to match on the screen. For example, a recording of an elephant was used as audio for parts of the Titanic ship falling apart. During the tour, we saw a progression of how cinema was consumed and changed historically. The first being by watching a silent movie at a theater with an on location pianist to cr...

Scene Analysis (Reservoir Dogs)

In this scene, Nice Guy Eddie is trying to understand Mr.Orange’s side of the story of what happened while he was away from the warehouse. In conversation, we cut back and forth between Nice Guy Eddie and Mr.Orange with Mr.Orange, coming close to being exposed as the rat in the operation, at a high angle implying powerlessness. Nice Guy Eddie, having all the power in this interaction, is shot at a low angle implying power. What’s also important to note in this interaction is that Mr.Orange is always shown closer than Nice Guy Eddie because at this point in the movie we know Mr.Orange to be the rat and we need to see his face react to the climax of the film’s story. We see Joe enter the scene in a wide shot giving us the same view everyone else in the warehouse would of had of someone entering from afar. When Joe accuses Mr.Orange of working for the LAPD, Mr.White steps in and talks Joe into thinking differently. The camera cuts between shots of an over the shoulder shot of Joe talking...

My Interview with Intzar