Soundtrack we used for our film

These two links are the soundtracks for our moving image film we sued for our project.

http://url-to-mp3.com/3zU9 - Ashanti foolish Instrumental
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiQIc7fG9pA -Gnash i hate you i love you

Task 2A

For unit 38, recoding audio and moving image

For this task we had to create an opening to a movie, this consisted of getting into a small group of three in college hours and outside of college hours of shooting.

Alongside with this came the concept of making our own soundtrack or using music that would be suitable for the film we were making, the soundtrack we used for our film was from an original R&B song. The reason we chose to use an original soundtrack for our film because the genre of our film was more of a Hood/ghetto type of style, meaning the music we chose fit exactly into our genre. We had to make sure we were downloading licensed music for copyright protection , as the soundtrack we used was somebody else’s song.

Not only did we use soundtrack we used original sound, and voice recordings meaning we had to book equipment to use in order for our shooting process to go smoothly.

The first thing me and my group did was we started with a voice over, for our first scene. This consisted of finding an environment that would enable us to record the recording without the busy hours of college.  Booking the recorder allowed us to proceed with the recording, once this was achieved we used recorder in a class room.  Monitoring the recorder was important before we could proceed with the recording; we had to be aware of the meters and volume units, making sure the recorder was measured in the correct decibles, in order for the voice recording to sound correct and in tune.

However the recording didn’t go to plan, due to inaccurate measurements and we underwent another solution because the recorder didn’t record, we then changed the recording process by booking a microphone and a camera to record the voice over. The microphone was a much easier process for us because, positioning the microphone directly into the actors direction allowing her voice to be heard more clearly. The saving process with the camera and microphone was much easier as well as we directly saved the audio from the memory card straight to editing computer. And saved the media content into our folder.

When it came to using the microphone as part of equipment we had to position the microphone according to the environment we were in, for example when recording outside. We had to position the microphone above the characters head, in order for the characters voice to be heard and the background noise outside to be blocked out. With the use of headphones in order for us to hear and ensure the sounding was correct.

When it came to documentation and storage of our project, we first had to create a folder with our groups name on the editing computer, where we would store all our footage and sound recording. This was essential because the folder would allow our project to be easier to find, bearing in mind the editing computer had several other footages from other groups stored onto the computer.

Intellectual property -is when the intangible property is the result of creativity, such as patents, copyrights, etc.

public domain- the state of belonging or being available to the public as a whole, especially through not being subject to copyright or other legal restrictions.

internet downloading: Downloading is the transmission of a file from one computer system to another, usually smaller computer system. From the Internet user's point-of-view, to download a file is to request it from another computer (or from a Web page on another computer) and to receive it.

 Licensed music: Music licensing is the licensed use of copyrighted music. Music licensing is intended to ensure that the owners of copyrights on musical works are compensated for certain uses of their work. A purchaser has limited rights to use the work without a separate agreement

licensed SFX; Allows you to have you covered for all sound effects needed for animation and animated videos (single use)

 Mechanical Copyright Protection Society-Performing Rights Society Alliance  (MCPS-PRS-  is the MCPS represents its members’ mechanical rights and collects royalties for the use of songs in records and other physical carriers of music. It is now linked with the PRS.