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movies

• COM 160, Chapter 7 Lecture
• Michael Slefinger

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movies

• Sound Design
• Production Design
• Stages of Film Representations

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Sound Design

• Often overlooked
• Also supposed to go unnoticed
• Mostly postproduction

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Dolby Sound

• Multichannel
• 1976 Dolby Stereo

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Dolby Stereo
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Dolby Sound

• Multichannel
• 1976 Dolby Stereo
• 1992 Dolby Digital

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Dolby Digital
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Dolby Sound

• Multichannel
• 1976 Dolby Stereo
• 1992 Dolby Digital
• 1999 Dolby Digital Surround EX

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Dolby Digital Surround EX
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3 Types of Sound

• Dialogue
• Sound Effects
• Music

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1. Dialogue

• Speech
• Script/Character/Actor -specific
• Voice-Over Narration
• Closely associated with film noir of 40s and 50s
• ADR (Automated Dialogue Replacement)
• About 30 of dialogue recorded during
  postproduction in a sound studio

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2. Sound Effects

• Ambient Sound
• Low-level sound produced by environment
• Foley Technique
• Live performance/recording of sound effects in
  synchronization with the picture
• Doppler effects
• Spatializing sound by altering its pitch

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3. Music

• Setting the Scene
• Adding Emotional Meaning
• Background Filler
• Creating Continuity
• Emphasizing climaxes

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Music Licensing

• Songs audiences already familiar with
• Preexisting emotional link
• Helps set scene
• Success can be reversed

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Production Design

• Screenplay hints at how film should look
• Work should go unnoticed

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Jobs in Production Design

• Production Designer
• Art Director
• Construction Coordinator
• Set Decorator
• Lead Man
• Swing Gang
• Set Decorator

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Product Placement

• Overt
• Name/Slogan/Jingle repeated
• Newest Technology
• Subtle
• Products used within story
• Arguably, part of authenticity of location
• Promotional fees

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Range of Inclusion for Minority Groups

• Invisibility
• Stereotypes
• Progressive but false/distorted
• Ideal

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1. Invisibility

• Not visible ?
• Not important
• Minority group members never see themselves
• Films made that cater to the majority

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2. Stereotypes

• Generally better than invisibility
• Limit, confine groups to certain roles
• Groups then have to break out of these roles

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3. Progressive but False/Distorted

• Sidekicks
• Tokens
• Role Models

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4. Ideal

• Back to Invisibility
• Multiple representations
• Group is integral part of society
• More on TV shows