Before they see our opening scene
What would you expect in a 1960’s based film?
What colours do you associate with the 1960’s?
What characteristics would you expect to see in a teenager aspiring to be a model in the 1960’s?
When they have seen the two minute opening scene
What era do you think this film is based?
What do image do you think the character is trying to portray?
Do you like this opening scene if so why? And if not why?
What audience do you think will be interested in watching this film?
Would you watch this film from the opening scene?
We will show this to numeral members of the public, and the information that we will receive will help us to determine what type of audience will watch our film and what things we would need to tweak to make it more appealing.
Modeling industry
The Modeling Industry has always been image conscious throughout multiple generations. The Modeling Industry particularly in the 1960's became more body conscious due to the fashion changed that happened in the 60's. The 50's was a time of curvaceous woman in comparison to the 60's where Twiggy brought in the 'boyish' figure; due to this abrupt change in society woman were subjected to pear pressure, struggling with weight-lose to fit the fashionably revealing outfits, such as the mini skirt.
Sound Analysis of 1960's music
People have sung protest songs throughout human history. Wherever people are oppressed or united in a common struggle, someone will voice strong feelings in song. The 1960s came to be known as the decade for protest with the twin causes of the Vietnam War and the lack of civil rights for African Americans. Some of these songs became anthems and still resonate today. They were the inspiration in countless demonstrations and marches.
Published in 1962, Bob Dylan expresses to the listener that by taking away the innocence of these young men who are being forced into war, there will be a devastating results which includes the death of these men.
Artists and bands use alliteration and repetition to help certain verses stick in the listener's mind. Bob Dylan's lyrics are, for the most part, very poetic and sometimes ambiguous in meaning. His song "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" shows how the use of these devices benefit his attempts to voice his opinion on war, more specifically the Vietnam War; we also do this throughout our own lyrics to express Cindy's need for help due to her live fast die young, demanding lifestyle 'oh Cindy Cry for me, oh Cindy lie to me, oh Cindy get high for me' the repetition used shows the strain and pressure that Cindy has to endure, and also illustrates how lengthy her strain lasts. The words we have used also presents them to have an imperative tone rather than a free-willing one, to ironically counteract how wild and outrageous her lifestyle is.
Released in 1967, this song was extremely popular, and its Album sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band became the biggest selling studio album internationally.
The lyrics of the song — which is commonly believed to be about an acid trip — feature image-laden verses which present an overtly psychedelic travelogue, describing a boat trip through a fantastic land of "rocking horse people", "newspaper taxis" and "marshmallow pies", alternating with chorus sections which simply repeat the song's title. This psychedelic song has certainly influenced our 'Cry To Me Cindy' lyrics, with their imaginative lyrics and craft.
Pete Seeger wrote this song, adapting the lyrics from passages in the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible. He recorded it in 1962, helping to cement his place as one of the greatest exponents of the protest song. The words state that there is a time for everything, including peace. The folk rock band, The Byrds, enjoyed the most commercial success with their cover version in 1965
Due to our film timing and pace we need to decide when and where our newly edited sound will fit in, it needs to be in keeping with the titles and shots that are shown and also needs to be slightly modified to mirror the scenery.
This is our recorded sound that we have edited. This is not our final edit as i believe the sound needs to sound more fitting to the era. The over recording and the layering of sound needs to be tweaked to make it sound more professional.
Sound
When discussing the pros and cons of using two voices of each gender we discovered that the voices might override one another and become to powerful, thus drawing away attention from our opening title onto sound which is not what we wan't to do.
To solve this problem we decided to use two vocals, one from each gender to create a more simplistic, yet effective sound. This will also emphasis the tone of voices used to create a stylistic effect. This also enables us to have more control over where and when the voices are solo and when they are in unison, this also makes it easier to edit on the Mac computers, which will also help us to record the sound due to its evolving technology.
Sound research
Due to the range of vocals that we are going to use for our ambient sound our group decision was to split the vocals into the following, Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass; then record each octave separately and edit them together, thus allowing each voice to be heard and making it easier and more efficient to record.
The Strengths of recording a choir using multi-track is that you have control over the volume of each part. If a member of the allocated group sings a note too loudly you can tone down the phrase which contains that note. A weakness to using multi-track is that you’re not recording all of the parts together and so some of the harmonies may sound artificial and out of place when put back together.
Choir mic technique is the technique used to sufficiently record and edit sound, enabling us to be able to have more control over the post-recording work of mixing. Due to each track being recorded individually, means we can adjust the levels appropriately to make the tone and sound more fitting
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Modeling industry
The Modeling Industry has always been image conscious throughout multiple generations. The Modeling Industry particularly in the 1960's became more body conscious due to the fashion changed that happened in the 60's. The 50's was a time of curvaceous woman in comparison to the 60's where Twiggy brought in the 'boyish' figure; due to this abrupt change in society woman were subjected to pear pressure, struggling with weight-lose to fit the fashionably revealing outfits, such as the mini skirt.
Sound Analysis of 1960's music
People have sung protest songs throughout human history. Wherever people are oppressed or united in a common struggle, someone will voice strong feelings in song. The 1960s came to be known as the decade for protest with the twin causes of the Vietnam War and the lack of civil rights for African Americans. Some of these songs became anthems and still resonate today. They were the inspiration in countless demonstrations and marches.
Published in 1962, Bob Dylan expresses to the listener that by taking away the innocence of these young men who are being forced into war, there will be a devastating results which includes the death of these men.
Artists and bands use alliteration and repetition to help certain verses stick in the listener's mind. Bob Dylan's lyrics are, for the most part, very poetic and sometimes ambiguous in meaning. His song "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" shows how the use of these devices benefit his attempts to voice his opinion on war, more specifically the Vietnam War; we also do this throughout our own lyrics to express Cindy's need for help due to her live fast die young, demanding lifestyle 'oh Cindy Cry for me, oh Cindy lie to me, oh Cindy get high for me' the repetition used shows the strain and pressure that Cindy has to endure, and also illustrates how lengthy her strain lasts. The words we have used also presents them to have an imperative tone rather than a free-willing one, to ironically counteract how wild and outrageous her lifestyle is.
Released in 1967, this song was extremely popular, and its Album sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band became the biggest selling studio album internationally.
The lyrics of the song — which is commonly believed to be about an acid trip — feature image-laden verses which present an overtly psychedelic travelogue, describing a boat trip through a fantastic land of "rocking horse people", "newspaper taxis" and "marshmallow pies", alternating with chorus sections which simply repeat the song's title. This psychedelic song has certainly influenced our 'Cry To Me Cindy' lyrics, with their imaginative lyrics and craft.
Pete Seeger wrote this song, adapting the lyrics from passages in the Book of Ecclesiastes in the Bible. He recorded it in 1962, helping to cement his place as one of the greatest exponents of the protest song. The words state that there is a time for everything, including peace. The folk rock band, The Byrds, enjoyed the most commercial success with their cover version in 1965
Due to our film timing and pace we need to decide when and where our newly edited sound will fit in, it needs to be in keeping with the titles and shots that are shown and also needs to be slightly modified to mirror the scenery.
This is our recorded sound that we have edited. This is not our final edit as i believe the sound needs to sound more fitting to the era. The over recording and the layering of sound needs to be tweaked to make it sound more professional.
Sound
When discussing the pros and cons of using two voices of each gender we discovered that the voices might override one another and become to powerful, thus drawing away attention from our opening title onto sound which is not what we wan't to do.
To solve this problem we decided to use two vocals, one from each gender to create a more simplistic, yet effective sound. This will also emphasis the tone of voices used to create a stylistic effect. This also enables us to have more control over where and when the voices are solo and when they are in unison, this also makes it easier to edit on the Mac computers, which will also help us to record the sound due to its evolving technology.
Sound research
Due to the range of vocals that we are going to use for our ambient sound our group decision was to split the vocals into the following, Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass; then record each octave separately and edit them together, thus allowing each voice to be heard and making it easier and more efficient to record.
The Strengths of recording a choir using multi-track is that you have control over the volume of each part. If a member of the allocated group sings a note too loudly you can tone down the phrase which contains that note. A weakness to using multi-track is that you’re not recording all of the parts together and so some of the harmonies may sound artificial and out of place when put back together.
Step one: Place the microphones 12ft away from the section. Angle the microphone downwards making sure it is situated higher than the section. Step two insert headphones so that you can get a sense of the overall sound and volume. If unhappy with the sound, you can experiment placing the microphones in different places, to help you try and find the ‘sweet spot’, this is the part where all the harmony’s can be heard together without them sounding muffled. Step three after recording the choir parts you can judge for yourself the volume and weather you have achieved the sounds that you require.
Sound equipment Choir mic technique is the technique used to sufficiently record and edit sound, enabling us to be able to have more control over the post-recording work of mixing. Due to each track being recorded individually, means we can adjust the levels appropriately to make the tone and sound more fitting
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