Planning and Pre-Production

Unit 12: Specialism Documentary

Contents

o Production Schedule
o Script
o Props List
o Location Recces
o List of items downloaded with references
o Clearances and Confirmations
o Contingency Plan
Production Schedule
Please include location, time of film, what you are filming and teams members
including actors

Date: 25th Sept 1st Oct

Monday Tuesday Wednes Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Location :
Home
Actor :
Gabrielle
Pausey
-Recording
Narration
Script
(Foley) Guy running, focus on all the different sounds he makes whilst running slow
down and talk over how you could make that sound
Saving private ryan documentary extract part from 9:10 9:36
Narration
Sound isnt just in films to
fill the silence. Sound
actually plays a huge
part in film but no one
really notices it. Sound is
used to evoke emotion
and drive the narrative
just like in Harry Potter
and the Deathly Hallows
part 2 when Voldemort
announces Harrys
death.
Now lets take out the
music which fills us with
hope and replace it with
sad music and see if it still
works
See how it doesnt give
off the same effect?
It also makes elements in
films more memorable by
adding a familiar song,
just like Darth Vaders
soundtrack
This doesnt only make
the scene memorable
but it connects the
viewers to the action on
screen and makes it a
better experience for
people watching the
Visuals Audio
FADE IN: Its long been Star Wars opening crawl
said that you do a great music
job in sound when no
one notices it
Clips of different films
Gravity, Saving Private
Ryan
Play: Harry Potter and the Audio from: Harry Potter
Deathly Hallows part 2 and the Deathly Hallows
Harrys death part 2 Harrys death
(3:50 4:10)
Harry Potter and the Edited audio (Johnny
Deathly Hallows part 2 Cash Hurt)
Harrys death (edited
Music)
Clips of different films
Gravity, Saving Private
Ryan
Audio from: Star Wars VI
Play: Star Wars VI return return Of The Jedi
Of The Jedi Opening Opening Scene
Scene
Fade in audio from
Clips from Harry Potter / different films
Star Wars / Jaws
film.

Now hold on. Lets

rewind to where it
started. Rewind sound
Play all clips in reverse
with the static-type effect
over the top
The Jazz Singer was the
first feature-length film
to have synchronised
speech and music. But Evil Morty Theme song
the desire to have Play Clips from The Jazz
images speak to the Singer
audience goes back to
almost the beginning of
film. In 1894, Thomas
Edison started work
combining the
kinetoscope with his
wax cylinder
phonograph
To create the
Kinetophone. Here is
one of the earliest
examples of
synchronised sound in Play the kinetophone
film history. Play the Kinetophone audio
video

Jumping forward now to
1926 when the
Vitaphone was created
and used on The Jazz Evil Morty Theme song
Singer, a film whose Play Clips from The Jazz
success guaranteed the Singer
death of silent films. This
was the last major system
to be recorded on Move different pictures of
phonograph disks. the Vitaphone and
phonograph disks around
Music influences films in the screen.
ways that we dont
always see, take psycho
for example, the famous
shower scene where the Play: Psycho shower
music goes with the scene
actions on-screen so
even though we dont Audio from: Psycho
see the woman shower scene
physically getting
stabbed the audience
will still flinch because of
the sharpness of the
music.

Now moving forward into
The Stereo Era. When Fade in sounds from Star
audiences heard the Wars clips
massive spaceships Play clips from Star Wars
passing over their heads
in Star Wars the
experience forever
changed expectations
for cinema sound.

The first Star Wars film was
recorded with Dolby
Stereo. It worked by
Encoding four audio
channels down to two
channels to record on
film, then decoding them
back to four channels
allowed for stereo in the
limited space on film
stock.

Another film bought to us
by the Stereo Era is Aliens,
which allowed viewers to Audio faded in from:
hear action that isnt Clips from: Alien Alien
actually on screen,
panning audio to
different speakers
allowed viewers to enter
the scene and create this
suspense and tension
that they couldnt
escape.

Film wouldnt be what it is

today without the use of
Foley sounds. Foley is. Sound of What is Foley by
Well this. Play: What is Foley by sound ideas
sound ideas
 Only play the bit with no
pre-recorded video
Foley is the process of
creating sound effects Sound of What is Foley by
live in the studio along to Play: What is Foley by sound ideas
a pre-recorded piece of sound ideas
video. This allows the film
to sound more realistic
and give off a greater
effect to the viewers,
making their experience
more enjoyable.

Sometimes using less

sound is even more
effective, just like In the
Omaha Beach scene in Evil Morty Theme song
Saving Private Ryan. Clips from: Saving Private
Gary Rydstrom (the head Ryan, Gravity
sound designer on Saving
Private Ryan) has these
shell shocked scenes
where he puts you in the
place of the main
character and gives you
that feeling of being lost
and disorientated. Audio for Omaha Beach
Omaha Beach scene scene

Here is an extract of an
interview with Rydstrom
speaking about the
Omaha Beach scene.
Audio From: Music and
Music and sound of sound of Saving Private
Saving Private Ryan Ryan

All of these effects make

the film more enjoyable
to the viewer by making Evil Morty Theme song/
it sound more realistic Clips from: Star Wars, fade in audio of the
and placing the Harry Potter, Jaws, different clips.
audience into the film Psycho, Alien, SPR
with different sound
effects to create tension,
fear, sorrow and joy. This
all helps to tell the story
and make the
experience better for the
viewers.

Downloaded Footage

What is Foley Sound by Sound Ideas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OONaPcZ4EAs&list=PL3URgG
EibgHsnDULF99cfsgqfrv7vblqj&index=7&t=181s
Video of people making sounds live in the studio alongside the
scene they are making Foley for

Music and Sound of Saving Private Ryan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UqJrfmDlJ0&list=PL3URgGEi
bgHsnDULF99cfsgqfrv7vblqj&index=14&t=576s
Interviews of different people on the sound team about music in
the film and different scenes
The Dickenson Experimental Sound Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6b0wpBTR1s&list=PL3URgGE
ibgHsnDULF99cfsgqfrv7vblqj&index=24
Two men dancing to a man playing the violin

Star Wars Opening Scene (1977)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHfLyMAHrQE&list=PL3URgGE
ibgHsnDULF99cfsgqfrv7vblqj&index=25&t=224s
Opening scene of star wars

Original Cantina Scene A New Hope

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6PDcBhODqo&list=PL3URg
GEibgHsnDULF99cfsgqfrv7vblqj&index=27
Cantina scene from A New Hope

Harry Potter Is Dead

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhuI759LDco&list=PL3URgGEi
bgHsnDULF99cfsgqfrv7vblqj&index=33
Scene from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Return of The Jedi Opening scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQB2NXfJev0&list=PL3URgGE
ibgHsnDULF99cfsgqfrv7vblqj&index=29
Opening scene from Return of The Jedi

Psycho Shower Scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VP5jEAP3K4&t=2s
Shower scene from Psycho
Alien: Ash Attacks Ripley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syyXdBg9BIc
Video of a robot attacking a human from the film Alien

Saving Private Ryan Omaha Beach Scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5p5j_K0CsY
Omaha beach scene from Saving Private Ryan

Harry confronts Snape

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB_s9lw9E-
M&list=PL3URgGEibgHsnDULF99cfsgqfrv7vblqj&index=33
Clip of when Harry sneaks into Hogwarts and confronts Snape

Protecting Hogwarts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9I5tlU4Kuo&list=PL3URgGEi
bgHsnDULF99cfsgqfrv7vblqj&t=127s&index=34
Scene of wizards protecting the castle

Evil Morty Theme Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mb-
XCaA2HZs&list=PL3URgGEibgHsnDULF99cfsgqfrv7vblqj&index=21
Clearances and Confirmations
You need confirmation emails from everyone that is featuring in your music
video. Please screenshot these emails including the dates and times they are
agreeing to paste them below.
Contingency Plan
My only reason for a contingency plan would be if my narrator would be unable to record, in this
instance I have asked one of my classmates, Jenna, to record it for me. If it comes to the recording
date and neither of my narrators can record, I will record the narration myself.