THE SOUND OF THE AVENGERS

What are 3 important things that the filmmakers used when creating the soundscape of The Avengers? Why do you feel that these three things are important? What one thing did you find the most interesting? Why?

   One thing the filmmakers made sure of was to honor the original sounds of Captain America's shield and Thor's hammer. They were made in their first film and they brought them back for this film as well. Also, Joss Whedon told the sound designers that even though the film has many explosions, he wanted them to work with the fact that the Avengers were a very dysfunctional family. This film also has a monster. The Hulk. Now they have something even bigger to worry about. However, Joss made it easy by choosing which sound the hulk should sound like. It was a combination of many different people. This gave the designer a lot to work with and made his job simpler. I'd be more interested in watching/listening to the rough edits of some of the action scenes. To see how big the differences are from the final cut.

THE SOUND OF GRAVITY

What are 3 important things that the filmmakers used when creating the soundscape of the film Gravity? Why do you feel that these three things are important? What one thing did you find the most interesting? Why?

  The filmmakers made sure that the sound effects and score was made for surround sound. This way the audience will really feel like if they were lost there in space. With debris flying all around you, it would submerge you more if the sound came from all around. I feel that these things are important because sound plays a very important character in this movie.

BOOM MIC TIPS

What are three different interesting things that you learned from this video? Why did you find them interesting? What is one thing that you'd like to learn more about?

  You might think that the boom operator has an easy job. That he just stands there holding up the microphone. You'd be wrong. They have a fairly complicated job that requieres physical strength and delicate hand movements. They must point the tip of the boom to the talents mouth. If there are two subjects talking then they must move it back and forth to catch each line given by the actors. To do this they must know when someone will deliver a line, so they must study the script and pay close attention during rehearsal. But there's another problem. When holding the pole, you must be careful to not rub your fingers on it or let the cable bang on it. This can cause loud banging sound you don't want and difficult to remove. Another helpful tip i learned was that you can also hold the boom below and point it upward. However, it isn't recommended if there is AC up in the ceiling or you're outside.

GUEST SPEAKER - MARK EDWARD LEWIS

Take a few minutes to write down 5 questions you want to ask during the Q&A.

1.What inspired you to have an interest in sound?

2.In your experience what has been the most difficult thing you've encountered when working on sound?

3.What piece of advice do you have for anyone looking to get in the sound industry?

4.Did you have an alternative job if sound didn't work out for you?

5.Has there ever been a case where you couldn't get along with someone?

EXTERNAL AUDIO SETTINGS

What are 3 separate things that the presenter says to keep in mind when setting up your camera to record audio? Why are each of them important? What is one different thing that you would like to learn more about?

This presenter says that your audio is always more important than your video. Sometimes the only reason your audio can come out bad is because of one small thing. So it's very important to check everything. Make sure your audio levels are set to manual. You typically want to have your audio settings to the external microphone, attached to your camera. Never have it set to internal, maybe only for B-roll.

CAMERA AUDIO MENUES

What are 3 separate thing that the presenter says to keep in mind when setting up your camera to record audio? Why are each of them important? What is one different thing that you would like to learn more about?

   One of the pieces of advice he gives is to put on your headphones and physically rub the microphone to make sure you're recording from the shotgun microphone. Also, the mic low cut feature used very ofetn. Wind filter.     

FOO FIGHTERS - EVERLONG

What kind of mood do the filmmakers create in this video? What are 3 techniques that they use to create this mood?

   This music video gives off a very interesting and weird mood. We go inside peoples dreams and exit them into what we believe to be reality. They used water crossing the lens as a transition into the dream. It was quite clever. They also had people in weird costumes in the dreams to give off a certain vibe. Finally, something I noticed that I found interesting were the special effects they used. They made his hand grow so that he could fight some people. Also, they had two characters take off masks and another head came out. But it was from their mouths and it looked weird but was also really cool.