The Final Deed - Sound Exercise Evaluation

The Final Deed

The sequence which I filmed in my group is a crime/thriller, which is about a hit-man who gets set his final deed which is to murder an innocent girl. Once he has committed this murder he is then spotted my the police who then chase him in to a dead end where he knows he will not be able to go anywhere else. The hit-man is then arrested, which makes his last deed his final deed for good.

The task which we were set was to focus on the sounds within our film and include all different components of sound (contrapuntal, parallel, a sound bridge, on screen, off screen, diegetic and non-diegetic sound). Within our film we include almost included all of the components of sound. However we didn't include contrapuntal sound or a sound bridge. The reason for this is because at first we though we had included the contrapuntal sound when the hit-man is laughing whilst killing the women, however we then found out that it wasn't correct. We also never included a sound bridge as we found this one a little tricky when trying to think about when to include it. 

At the beginning of the film we did a flashback of what happens later on in the film, when editing we thought carefully about what sound we could include over this scene. In the end we decided to use a heartbeat to create tension. The sound of the heartbeat is non-diegetic sound. 
In the next scene no other sound was added except the on screen sound which you could hear and the dialogue which is then diegetic sound. We chose not to add any other sound as we thought it would be good to let the tension build up as it is quite a quiet scene.
The next scene is when the hit-man is about the come up behind his victim and grab her. The sounds heard in this scene are the blowing of the wind which is very faint and then the victims scream when she is grabbed. The scream is then diegetic sound and on screen sound as you're able to see the source of sound. 
Within the next scene this is when you hear the hit-man do a very over dramatic laugh which we thought would have been contrapuntal sound, but it wasn't.
The next sound which is heard is police sirens which is parallel sound and off screen sound as it fits the action which is going on and you're also not able to see the police car only hear the sirens.
The rest of the film doesn't include any edited sound. The rest of the sound is heavy breathing from the police officer and the dialogue which is all diegetic sound. 

I think the sound which we decided to include within the film were all very successful as they all worked well in the way which we chose to include them. However i'd say the scream which we edited in didn't work as well as it didn't sound very realistic which is something which we will work on next time to make sure all sounds used fit in very well.

The sound equipment which we used was a microphone which we tried to use as much as possible. I think we used the mic very well as we checked it before we used it to make sure that it worked otherwise we could have finished filming and the mic might not have worked. we also tried very hard to hard it when attaching it to the cast members. Overall I feel like we did use the sound equipment effectively. I also feel like we used the component of sounds effectively as well.

Overall, the most positive elements of the film in my opinion would be the sound of the beating heart at the beginning as it creates tension right from the start which then gives a sense of tension throughout the rest of the film. I also think the sound of the police sirens gave a good effect within the film as it makes it all seem a lot more realistic and shows that a lot of thought had been given. 
However if I was to improve the film I would make the sound of the scream a lot more realistic so it isn't as comical. I would also try and include contrapuntal sound and a sound bridge to show that i am capable enough to include them.

Sound

Sound

Within sound their are many different components which make up sound and make it work very well when put into a film or something else. All of the different components are very different but work very well when used correctly. 

 One of these being diegetic sound and non-diegetic sound. 

• Diegetic sound refers to the world of text. an example of this would be dialogue, sound effects and music with a source within the text like the radio. 
• Non-diegetic sound refers to everything outside the world of the text. an example of this would be the voice over, sound track, captions and titles.

Another component of sound would be on and off screen sound.

•  On screen sound is when the audience are able to see the source of sound which is heard. An example of this would be a radio or television. The effect which this would have is that it makes the audience feel like they're a part of what is going on as they are able to see where the sound is coming from. 
• Off screen sound is when the audience isn't able to to the see the source of the sound which enable the extension of the diegetic world. The effect of this is that it helps create suspense as the audience as well as the actors are unaware of where the sound is coming from which keeps them in suspense.

Parallel and contrapuntal sound is also another component in sound.

• Parallel sound is sound that matches the action which is going on around it, an example of this would be if it was a lovely sunny day and their was very upbeat cheery music. The effect of this is that it adds to the happiness shown to make it more obvious that it's a happy scene. 
• Contrapuntal sound is the opposite of this and is when the sound doesn't match the action, an example of this would be if it was a sunny day and laughing children but very tense spooky music, which would mean it would match. The effect of this would be that it would make the audience think about what is going to happen next as they would be unaware due to the different in the sound and the action.

A sound bridge is the final component in sound. A sound bridge helps create a smooth transition from one scene to another scene, in other words the sound bridges the two scenes together. 

Evaluation of Safe Place - Camera Exercise

AS Media Studies - Camera Evaluation

With our film the story which we were trying to tell was that their was a killer around school and two boys think it would be a good idea if they tried to get a photograph of the killer in a way to make money. However once the boys get the picture of the killer it takes a turn for the worse as they get spotted by the killer but as they try and get away they unfortunately get caught and ended up being murdered by the killer.

Within our film we tried our hardest to try and include as many shots as we could however we did miss out a few shots like the rolling shot and the crane shot amongst others. we didn't include these as we weren't very sure of where to include them as we found it a little tricky .

However we did include most of the other shot and movement types and thought about it all very carefully with where to include them to make sure that they fitted in well with the film. The very first shot which we decided to use was a long shot, as shown below.