It can be very hard to detect just how much our judgement is constantly affected by our feelings. We should – at points – take care to be very sceptical of our first impulses.
Watch:
Why You Shouldn't Trust Your Feelings
Saturday, December 16, 2017
(Upper-Intermediate) Why You Shouldn't Trust Your Feelings
It can be very hard to detect just how much our judgement is constantly affected by our feelings. We should – at points – take care to be very sceptical of our first impulses.
Watch:
Why You Shouldn't Trust Your Feelings
Friday, December 15, 2017
(Upper-Int) Holey Foley | Sound Design in Nature shows
Before listening:
Aspects of sound in film and TV production:
Theme Music
Atmospheric (mood) music...
Music, sound design, mixing, Foley - What are these different things?
While listening:
What is Foley?
Why is it called Foley?
Why does sound sometimes need to be added, replaced or enhanced?
What is ambience?
What's the second problem faced by show makers in collecting sound
What's the third problem they face?
What does additional sound in underwater scenes add?
Watch:
Holey Foley
(Film SPIN) The Utopia Scene (The Lost Thing)
Whole film:
The Lost Thing
(sorry it has foreign subtitles)
Scene breakdown:
The Utopia Scene
Before listening:
Writer, Illustrator, Producer, Composer, Foley artist, CG designer, Editor
What would each of these people be responsible for in creating an animated film?
Who would guide the project as a whole?
Who would have more creative freedom, who would have less?
Which job would you be most comfortable doing?
1. Shaun Tan: writer illustrator
components
a binding aesthetic
distant childhood memories
deep-seated memories
spatial relationships
lingering
under the surface
Replace the bold words with one of these words:
appearances, unifying, separate details, unconscious, compositional, remaining, early
2. Music composer
otherworldly
a question of how experimental to make the scene
in the end they decided for a melodic, warm feel
so the audience felt the conclusion of the story
Replace the bold words with one of these words:
tuneful, unconventional, resolution, timeless yet strange
Why did they decide to use a guitar in the Utopia sequence?
CG Artist and Animator / editor
1. What made the Utopia scene special in the film?
2. Why was it tricky to create the horn creature?
3. What part of the blimp creature was challenging to model?
A great starting point
exist slightly on its own
reference sketches
creature by creature a slightly different challenge
tapering shape
texture reference
sway around
Replace the bold words with one of these words:
surface, float, surface, one character at a time, way to begin, independently, schematic, unique,
Sound design
foley artist
how literal should we go?
They broke down each character into:
1. what it was _______
2. visual ______
3. the way it _______
4. also it's c______ and p__________
guidelines
prop closets
markings
mic up
the literal sound didn't communicate the correct t_____, w______, s_____ or e________
Why was the sound of squeaking wood appropriate for the bird in the cage?
Replace the bold words with one of these words:
rules or principles, record, sound making, objects for theatre or film, lines, physically realistic,
Producer
the big reveal
capture the pathos
Replace the bold words with one of these words:
surprise, sadness
1. Why does she call Utopia "the big reveal"?
2. Where was "the original picture"?
Shaun
1. Why did Shaun decide to have no music over the credits?
2. Why does Shaun prefer ambiguous endings?
3. Why is the film deliberately not giving a clear concept?
epilogue
adds a sad note
counterpoint
transition
living nightmare
dichotomy
ambiguous
a life outside the film
glimpse
origin story
adaptable
Replace the bold words with one of these words:
after story, contrast, backstory, change, brief vision, binary decision, open-ended, beyond, feeling
(Higher Level-Advanced) A Gesture of Welcome
Three families of Syrian refugees have been taken to Rome with the Pope after he offered them a place on his plane.
Read and watch:
Pope Francis Visits Lesbos 2016
Language to notice in the Al Jazeera clip:
heartfelt plea
memorable encounter
granted asylum
spiritual leader
paid tribute
fled war and persecution
refugee crisis
humanitarian catastrophe
deliver an implicit message
efforts to help
under fire
detention centre
decent facilities
here and further afield
symbolic gesture
drawing lots
turn its back on
(Advanced Film / Lit SPIN) Foley artists
Task
Listen from 4:50 to 10:00
How big is the Foley Room?
What do you notice when you enter the room?
What kind of mic does Jonathan mention?
What do the baffles do?
What do you think a curiosity shop is?
What are the tools of the trade?
Why is it ironic that one of Jonathan's favourite sounds is leather?
What does a chamois sound like when dry?
What do they sound like when wet?
Foley artists
from with either then any to or even
Foley is the art of recreating sounds that ____ get added back into films or TV shows or video games to make them sound better.
These aren't just everyday sounds _____; feet crunching through snow, horses hooves, crackling fires, _____ the sound of a key turning in a lock. No, the accomplished Foley artist has to rise to ____ challenge and find the perfect noise to accompany ____ the most obscure act; _____ an enthusiastic disembowelling (spoiler: dampened chamois leather) to gun noises _____ something called an 'alien pod embryo expulsion' (which can be accomplished _____ canned dog food, apparently!).
are made!
in high demand
and formed the basis for
during a film's post-production
a seamless experience of
from silent movies to sound
a solid stepper
totally unnoticed
described the idiosyncrasies of
a brisk foot
are made!
in high demand
and formed the basis for
during a film's post-production
a seamless experience of
from silent movies to sound
a solid stepper
totally unnoticed
described the idiosyncrasies of
a brisk foot
Foley is named after Jack Donovan Foley (1891-1967) an erstwhile stuntman and semi-pro baseball player who found his audio skills 1________________ when Hollywood made the transition 2___________________ and the 'talkies'. His skills in performing sound effects live and matching these to pictures 3__________________ were used in films including Show Boat, Dracula and Spartacus, 4___________________ a whole new industry. Foley, who once estimated that he'd walked 5000 miles in the studio doing footsteps, 5____________________ some of the famous actors he worked with:
"Rock Hudson is 6______________; Tony Curtis has 7_____________; Audie Murphy is springy; James Cagney is clipped; Marlon Brando soft; John Saxon nervous."- Jack Foley
Foley sound done well should go 8_________________. A viewer has 9_________________ watching images on a screen, and seeing them matched perfectly with appropriate noises and sound effects. But when Foley goes rogue, that's when true legends 10___________
Guess the missing word:
Amy Barber and Jonathan Bruce work ___ Foley mixers, editors and artists in Auckland and you'll ____ seen (or more likely _____) their work on Taika Waititi's recent film The Hunt For the Wilderpeople and _____ on TV shows like Ash vs Evil Dead, Spartacus and Shameless. They take us ______ the scenes to show us ____ good Foley is made at their studios, Bespoke Post in Ellerslie in Auckland.
For a bit of humour:
Star Wars Minus Williams
For a bit of humour:
Star Wars Minus Williams
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
Sunday, December 10, 2017
(Advanced) Paradise Found
In this film renowned art commentator Waldemar Januszczak makes an epic journey of discovery across the Muslim world, revealing awe-inspiring architecture and art objects that evoke the history of Islam. Along the way he meets local historians and experts - as well as an array of weavers, calligraphers, potters, and jewelers - who contribute their knowledge of this fascinating art-historical field.
Video:
Paradise Found
(Advanced) Religion (part 1)
The most powerful force of our age: _______________
Whether or not religions are true might be less important than the ______ people have for them.
Primitive religion:
The serpent god of the early Australians generates ______ and storms when people break tribal r_____
The belief structures of early human societies around the planet are almost i_________
Religion has its origin in our desire to e______ a very c________ world.
Humans make offerings to the gods in return for their f_______
We seek to make an al____nce with the gods.
We need to see primitive religion with com______ because our forebears lived in ig______
We should also appreciate the in______y of our forebears in creating wonderful stories.
400 BC
Buddha means _____________ed one
The Buddha teaches his followers to expect constant ________ in life.
Buddhism tries to help us deal with anxiety, p______, illness and d_____
The task of religion is to keep us ______ful especially in the hardest days of our lives.
Song Dynasty China
Guan Yin is the counterpart to the V____ M____
Both Mary and Guan Yin hear us in our d______
Religion knows that being ________ and adult doesn't always work.
1133AD England
A theme found in all religions: __________
Religion urges the ______ to think of the defenceless.
It is easy for the rich to think the poor as ____ and responsible for being poor.
1543 Germany
Copernicus proposed a helio______ version of the universe
Galileo publish his work on the universe in 16___
The Church was trying to hold onto the idea of our _____ _________
It is like a child discovering the his ______ are unimportant people.
A new existential _______ is born and we are still dealing with it.
Finish at 6.20
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
(Advanced) The Lovely Bones, Chapter 4
Summary of Chapter 4 - choose the correct option:
After Mr. Harvey kills Susie he collapses the hole and puts
her "body parts" (4.1) in a bag, which he puts in the garage / basement, while he goes up for
a shower.
He thinks about his
next victim / Susie’s blood leaks out while he showers.
Susie will learn later that he killed other girls before
her. In the shower, he thinks about how terrible
/ nice it was to kill her.
Mr. Harvey puts the bag with Susie's body parts into a safe
and dumps the safe into a sinkhole / lake
about eight miles from the Pennsylvania neighborhood.
Afterwards, he walks around an industrial zone / local park.
He finds Susie's charm bracelet in his pocket, and remembers / doesn't remember taking it
off of her, or putting it in there.
He removes the Pennsylvania keystone charm (Pennsylvania is
"the keystone state") and throws the rest of it in the rubbish / into a manmade lake.
On December 23, Mr. Harvey gets the idea to build a new
trap, this one out of cloth / plastic
sheets.
After Mr. Salmon breaks the ships in bottles, he happens to
walk to Mr. Harvey's front yard / back
yard and finds him making it. He asks him about it and Harvey says it's a
tent.
Mr. Harvey tells him,
"I'm sorry for your loss" / “nothing
is certain”
Susie's dad stays and helps him build the tent. At one
point, Mr. Harvey goes upstairs /
downstairs to look at the bloody
knife he used on Susie. This makes him think of the tent as a circus / bridal tent.
It starts / stops
snowing, and Mr. Salmon begs Susie to communicate
with / appear to him.
Suddenly, Susie's dad suspects Mr. Harvey. When Harvey comes
out of the house with a stack of white sheets Mr. Salmon asks him what they are
for.
Mr. Harvey says they are "tarps." Mr. Salmon
accuses him of murdering / having information about Susie's death.
Mr. Harvey denies it, and Mr. Salmon leaves
/ helps him with the tarps.
Mr. Salmon accuses / doesn’t
accuse Mr. Harvey again, but Mr. Harvey tells him to go away.
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