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HOW
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MAGNETIC
SOUND TO
A FIIM
TVIrrnh denends o'
tho ftrna nr r;1m
to
which sound
is to be
added: doeumentcrrr.
feaJ:rr-^
l'f
uurr
vu
uJ
yv
va
Dvwru
us
auugu
u3r.y
i
j
sauuJ'c
fi1m,
ne\^rsreel
and so on.
Dependj-ng
on
eircumstances, the operator may
have
wide
"lattitude
or he may' on
the
contrary,
have to closely folfow the
written
script. The
three
elements
from
which
any
sound
track
is compi]ed
-
narration, music
srd mis-
celfaneous
sormd
effects
-
wifl
have
to
be lntroduced in vastly differeni
propor-
rinrc
onnnrrl ino 1-n tl.ro lrinrl nf
f LLm inVO]Ved.
ervrru
t
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Docr:mentary
Films
-
Newsreels
In this
category
of film,
music is
used
simply to
sustain
the
general
atmosphere,
while
the script
is
designed
to introduce
or
explain
the
succeeding scenes.
The
operator should
not
atLempt to record
a-11 the
words
spoken
by the
pecple
seen
on
fLa onroan
or he
ttill
find himself
faced wlth
some
exceedingly
difficult
problems
in sychronization.
In general,
the
spoken commentary
must
be kept
sh-o:i and ctear
and
musb not seek merely to express the
same
thing
as
the image
on ti.: screen.
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Feature
Films
Here,
music and sonnd effects are wedded to the action in order
to
leni
powerful
aural
d.istinctlon to certain
scenes.
The
musi-c
must
be chosen with
special
care,
and
lts
sefection
requires
an intlmate
acquaintance
with the ioea
berrnd the
script.
Sometimes musical
passages
are used
to bridge the
gap
bctiveel
-".ro
spoken
qonrrennFq
Acnenrino aorlrin
qolootad
n2qqeoaq
(hr,
.liohf lrr J-rrrnino rr- lho rrolrrmo)
Uvuyuuuu6lu\UJ!qr1ll1]64^\vVIL,JL/
helps to avoid monotony. Tf bhe
musicaf theme used
has
a marked cresc:ido,
care
must be
taken
to
prevent
this from interfering wibh a
spoken
passage.
-
Sound Effects
Il -ls difficu'l t to lay down
any
hard-and-fast rules
applicab'e lo
so,;::i effecLs,
since the
latter
depend entirely on
the
charac'ber of the film involve:i. Broadly
sncaki nr"- onc cpn d i sti nr"p'i sh hof
'.'66h c.rnahrnni zonl nnrl nnn-crmnL -^liZ:i
SOUnd
effects.
Non-s;mchronized
sound effects
(such
as
the whistling ot tne wind, noise of crowd)
mpv hc Lrepicd
exactlv
'l'i
ke bar:kr"rnrrnd
nrrqin. Thp-r m:rr he ci t]^or roc:--'led
with r
-*J
tape recorder
when
the scene is
shot
or imitated by using the special
records
thrt m:v hc nr:rqlased.
Lv y4t
\
Tho srmchraniq.ao rrar-iotv
qrrnh:q
tlnoqo nnrtrarrinq lhc
qm:qhirq
nf : c::qq l-he
t
uqvrr
slamminr" of a do^-
arrr cn nn ^-tail
a certain amOurrt Of skilf On
the
part
of the
vrrt Lfrwuff
nnnro*nr
'T|l.rarr
mDr/ ho ai l-lron nrndrrnod
qrli
fli a iol I rr whon
-tho
qnrrnd
i e nrrlrhonl in nr
uPc-rauvf
.
rrls.y
u4.y vs saufrsr yruuuu9u
aa
urrrurar
r.y
wrfsrr urrs ovwru
LJ
'!uvwcu
rrrt v'
recorded
on
a tape
recorder
at the time the scene
is shot and registereci
on Lhe
fih, after
it has been
edited.
-
Sound
ndlting
So that the filn will
appear
harmonious and
logical
,
the sou:rd at an.'.'
givcn momcnt
--.^+ ^f-----^ -^+-h
tho n.intrrroq th:t.it:cr.omnanies
^€f^- -.;^..i--
ihe
iinished
UUDU
4fwdJD
u4UUtl UIls
}JfUUUIvD
UlIau IU
auuvuysrlf
uD.
4L
vsr
vf,sw r116
t
cditod film i i
is a .oood idea tn
dreur rrn
o
scrint
in xhich the timir.q
nf
erch
scene
j-s
accurately noted, as
has
been
done in the
following
example:
t,
Scene
No
Srrlli onl-
Sec-
onds
q^rrhrt
sanrronna
Control
q^++i-^-
uc u urrl€io
D ^-- -1- -
1
llYll
fi lmq nroqont.
yr vU\,9
v
.
5
Opening
:
music
2 T]TIE
5
3
lst
scene
of fi-Ln
t0
Fade music
--^1,.-t I -,
6a
au udraJ
''P1nr-1rn
r0
Qnaonh
wi ih
music
in back-
grrund
ttMicrott
on 10
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