Malavika Gupta MEDP 160

The Museum of Moving Image was a great experience for young media makers, like me. Although there were various exhibits, our educator took the time to demonstrate a demo of sound editing. This was significant because our class recently learned about and worked on audio projects of our own. Our educator broke down the sound design in a film. She showed us how a scene from Titanic was edited, in regard to sound.  First, she showed us the scene without sound at all and asked to imagine what sounds we would attach to the scene. She, then, added the dialogue that was recorded by the actors in a session of automated dialogue replacement, ADR. She included the Foley sounds and then the sound effects. She emphasized the difference between Foley sounds and sound effects. This was interesting because as we worked on our project, it seemed that sound effects would be efficient enough. But in a feature film, the Foley sounds can truly define some scenes beyond any other audio component....

Audio Portrait: Emily

This scene is from Kill Bill: Volume 1, directed by Quentin Tarantino. The video is just under 2 minutes, but I analyzed the first half of the scene. The scene is placed in sequence, therefore it encompasses continuity editing. 0:00 – 0:13 The scene begins as an overhead shot, like a bird’s eye view. The camera is following a subject into a restroom, which is clearly motivated camera movement. 0:13 – 0:16 The camera pans down and focuses on the subject at a neutral angle, a medium shot. 0:20 The camera follows the subject once again into a stall. 0:23 The camera at first shows the exterior of the stall but quickly changes, without moving the camera, to a view of what is happening inside the stall. The subject is changing, the camera sees a profile shot of the subject. This is filmed as a medium shot and the subject seems to be lined on the right vertical line in the rule of thirds. 0:29 Then the camera follows a new subject, wearing a black dress, from the restroom into a ...

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I decided to stay close to home, literally. I just took a walk around my neighborhood. A neighborhood that I have lived in for about 12 years now. Things keep changing though. This was once such a quiet little corner in queens that no one had heard of. Yet now, big chains are taking up space here and attracting new people. As I walk down my own block, I hear a family discussing in a language I have never encountered before. I walked by a barbeque, blasting Spanish music so loud it almost makes you want to join them. Amongst all of that, I can tell that the kids are playing tag while the adults laugh at jokes that the kids don’t understand yet. When I turn to a busier street, I hear the traffic reminding me that I’m still in New York City. The buses honk, some car doors are slamming shut and people are about to start their weekend. Usually, when I pass this street, I’m walking as fast as I can with my music blasting so I can end my busy day and get home as soon as possible. I’m tota...