What you hear is as powerful as, if not more than, what you see. We’ll explore dialogue, interviews, and narration, sound effects, and mood music. Even when you think there is silence, there is some sound. There are realistic sounds that are part of the story and then there are sounds that are part of the storytelling that are not as literal. And of course there’s music that more than words can set the tone of a film. Click AUDIO to learn more.
What you see and what you hear make a film. Both the video and the audio are equally important. There are two types of video: A-roll and B-roll. These terms originated in the days of linear editing when editors would use two rolls of identical film to create transitions between shots. Today, we really only use the term “B-roll”, but the meaning has changed. Click on VIDEO to learn more.
There’s video you shoot and then there’s video you find that some one else has shot. Whether that’s a news reel, home movies, government videos, stock footage, or another artist’s footage (like inserting a clip from a commercial or a tv show), there are a few things to consider:
#1 if this is not my footage, do I have the owner’s permission to use it?
#2 is this footage covered under “fair use”?
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