A few links.
Posted by Tim Gruber | Filed under Uncategorized
A few links I’ve enjoyed this week:
Working with images and sound from Ben Shapiro on Transom:
Notice that when a shot hits, especially in a new setting, there is a beat before the voice starts. This gives the viewer a chance to register the image before having to pay attention to the voiceover. Again, like a person entering a room, the viewer needs a moment to orient themselves—otherwise they literally won’t hear what is being said to them.
As one filmmaker (I cannot recall who) said “I don’t know how the film or even the story will turn out. Why make a film at all if I already know the answer?”
In fact, the voice-over made it hard to focus on what we were seeing—one could listen or watch, but not both. To fix matters, I radically trimmed back the voice, leaving only the bare essentials that I felt were needed to guide the viewer through the images
I love the work of Alec Soth and he’s also from MN so what isn’t there to love, but hear him share a few thoughts on working editorial assignments and portraits:
Ken Burns himself talks about the effect named after him and its use in this Poynter article by Regina McCombs who’s also from MN working at the Star Tribune.
Further Reading:
Tags: audio, journalism, photojournalism, Uncategorized, video
One Response to “A few links.”
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mike Says:
June 24th, 2007 at 7:53 amDamn those Minnesota people…..
