GARAGEBAND:
Sing, play, and loop:
GarageBand turns your Mac into a full-featured recording studio. Build a beat with the included loops, then plug in a guitar, bass, or microphone. You can even play (or sing) into the mic on your Mac. GarageBand captures the audio and turns it into digital files you can manipulate using a host of recording and mixing tools. It also includes the expertise of a built-in recording engineer, so you always sound your best.
Record your best take:
Record a part as many times as you like. GarageBand keeps track of every take and saves it to a multi-take region. Play your song back while switching between different takes to choose the one that sounds best. Keep the takes you love, delete the ones you don’t. And when you’re ready for backup, invite your friends over for some multitrack recording. Record more than 100 tracks and up to eight real instruments simultaneously: GarageBand supports any Mac OS X-compatible audio I/O device.
Make some arrangements:
As you record, GarageBand helps you add structure to your song. Most songs are arranged in distinct sections: introduction, verse, and chorus. With the sections clearly defined, you can rearrange your song at any time. Want to repeat a verse? Copy and paste. Move the chorus? Click and drag. All the tracks that belong to a section go along with it.
Master your mix:
Once you’ve laid down a few tracks, it’s time to mix. Just like a professional recording engineer, GarageBand helps you create a sound all your own. Bring out the best in your performance by enhancing timing and tuning. Add some basic effects such as compression, reverb, or EQ. Make your song sound truly unique by adding fun effects such as Track Echo, Chorus, and Automatic Filter. Then tweak your mix by adjusting the volume of each track or panning between speakers.
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Friday, 27 March 2009
THEME OF THE MAIN FILM
The main theme for my film is action based drama, the opening is to make the audience want to watch on and find out what the hell they just saw because they will not have a clue why or what has just happened. They see a girl doing various things for a long time and would most likely presume she has OCD. She then kills herself, or that’s what it seems like has happened.
To help get a grip on the drama what is happening in the opening scene a good use of camera shots, sound and editing will be used making it hopefully add to the confusion of what is happening and why is it happening.
As the drama unfolds and it gets more confusing for the audience a voice over phone conversation comes on. The conversation is simply but still leaves the audience wondering what is happening and why is she not sure about going to the party and makes them want to find out who is this character.
The mood of the film set by the confusing plot and the confusing things which are happening because it doesn’t make sense to the audience making the want to watch on. I wanted the audiences’ mood to be confused and worried. The use of mise-en-scene will help this with the setting of the character’s home, and the film being in black and white.
I wanted the film to be almost like sin city in the way it is black and white and only highlights various features or things in the film in colour. For example I wanted the word ‘help’ on one of the CD’s to be in red so it had emphasis on it and adds to the confusion and randomness of the film making the audience want to watch on.
To help get a grip on the drama what is happening in the opening scene a good use of camera shots, sound and editing will be used making it hopefully add to the confusion of what is happening and why is it happening.
As the drama unfolds and it gets more confusing for the audience a voice over phone conversation comes on. The conversation is simply but still leaves the audience wondering what is happening and why is she not sure about going to the party and makes them want to find out who is this character.
The mood of the film set by the confusing plot and the confusing things which are happening because it doesn’t make sense to the audience making the want to watch on. I wanted the audiences’ mood to be confused and worried. The use of mise-en-scene will help this with the setting of the character’s home, and the film being in black and white.
I wanted the film to be almost like sin city in the way it is black and white and only highlights various features or things in the film in colour. For example I wanted the word ‘help’ on one of the CD’s to be in red so it had emphasis on it and adds to the confusion and randomness of the film making the audience want to watch on.
MUSICAL SCORE
The musical score will change the mood and feel of the film and what is happening in the film. It is a subconscious change in mood for the audience.
For my film, I do not know weather or not to have a musical score because it could take away from the action on the screen. Also I want my film to naturalistic in all aspects and do not want music to affect it.The music in a film usually has been done to stick with the theme, if the music is too different to the theme it will look and sound strange.
The only sound in my film will be pre-recorded phone conversation between the character on screen and an off screen character. It will be done so that it is a voice over to what is happening on screen. Also pre-recorded sound will be used at the opening of the film with the sound of the main girl crying, this will be like a voice over as well. The recordings will be done using gargeband and will be added to the film when finished.
Any other sound will just be added to make it look more realistic or to make something standout, for example I used the sound effects of a ticking clock over the clip of the clock ticking away. The sound effects will be done using gargeband and then imported into the film.
For my film, I do not know weather or not to have a musical score because it could take away from the action on the screen. Also I want my film to naturalistic in all aspects and do not want music to affect it.The music in a film usually has been done to stick with the theme, if the music is too different to the theme it will look and sound strange.
The only sound in my film will be pre-recorded phone conversation between the character on screen and an off screen character. It will be done so that it is a voice over to what is happening on screen. Also pre-recorded sound will be used at the opening of the film with the sound of the main girl crying, this will be like a voice over as well. The recordings will be done using gargeband and will be added to the film when finished.
Any other sound will just be added to make it look more realistic or to make something standout, for example I used the sound effects of a ticking clock over the clip of the clock ticking away. The sound effects will be done using gargeband and then imported into the film.
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