How many cinema screens were there on Jersey during the “Golden Age” of cinema? (1930s-60) New Era, The Odeon, Wests, Royal hall and Cineworld

How many cinema screens are there now? 10

What independent cinema spaces currently exists on Jersey? The Art centre, hotels

Explain why the number of cinema screens have declined over the years and what you think the implications are for the film industry in general? The number of cinema screens declined because of the population of televisions, people were wanting to buy to watch movies at home. The popularity of televisions drastically increased with the coronation of the Queen.

Job description:

A sound editor is a creative professional responsible for selecting and assembling sound recordings in preparation for the final sound mixing or mastering of a television program, motion picture, video game, or any production involving recorded or synthetic sound.

Inspiration: Erik Aadahl & Ethan Van der Ryn:

Ethan Van der Ryn: The quick definition of what a supervising sound editor does is, we’re basically responsible for being the main sort of translator of the director’s vision of what the soundscape of the film should be. We are responsible for creating and executing that vision and directing the team of editors and sound designers and foley artists and foley supervisors, ADR, dialogue supervisors—the whole team of people who work with us, we’re responsible for directing them to execute the soundscape of the film.

Erik Aadahl: First we collect the sonic ingredients. We’ll go out into the field and record things—all the sort of flavors of the atmosphere, wind or trees, creatures and animals. Then we bring those back into the studio and start manipulating them. Some of that might be sound design like taking animal vocals and then manipulating them to create the creatures from “A Quiet Place,” and then we start building the tracks over many months. In the final mix, everything comes together. All of our edited dialogue and ADR, all of our foley details, footsteps, hand-taps and touches; the music then comes into it and all of that gets put together [to become] what audiences hear in the theater.

We’re totally pulling the rug out from under the audience by really stripping away. Our goal on the first film was to make audiences hold their breath and be afraid to make a sound in the movie theater as if they were the actual characters in the film, and it was this grand experiment to really put the audiences into the characters’ shoes. We didn’t really know if we were going to be able to pull it off. And even going beyond quiet but going to complete silence, which we did, is something we’ve never done before. But only a film like “Quiet Place” gives us that kind of creative latitude and it was thrilling. The first time we did it, it was a total experiment and we just got goosebumps. We choked up. We were like, “Oh my god, this is so unique. This is amazing.”

Role two: Sound:

Sound is an important element in film. It immerses the audience into a unique world, fills in any gaps and can create emotion to easily story tell in the film. I’ve taken inspiration from Erik Aadahl & Ethan Van der Ryn. Both Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryan are known for his work on ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’, ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’, these films being action packed, fast paced and loud with short cuts.

Job description:

A cinematographer, also known as a Director of Photography, is in charge of the camera and the lighting crew. They’re the person responsible for creating the look, colour, lighting, and for framing of every single shot in a film. The cinematographer may also act as the camera operator on more low-budget productions.

Inspiration: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom

Working on the lush Italian-set love story Call Me by Your Name in his second collaboration with director Luca Guadagnino, cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom was met with an unusual request- to shoot the entire film with one lens.

In point of fact, Guadagnino’s ask was in keeping with Mukdeeprom’s own aesthetic interests, though he had never met a director with whom he could explore this visual idea. Taken from the filming practices of David Cronenberg, the idea was to craft a “neutral perspective,” supporting a sense of intimacy and realism while intruding as little as possible on the reality the actors were living.

Sayombhu Mukdeeprom quotes, “The producer asked me, should there be some other, wider lens? Just in case? I said ‘No, no. I want to tie my hand to this approach, because this is how I work,” the DP says. “I think if you want to limit yourself to something, you struggle inside your idea.”

Sayombhu claims that he had previously shot one movie in Italy so he knew what he would encounter in the film. He tried to figure out, technically, what were the most important things, which was that it needed a very good exposure point. He says, “When I called for a test, what I needed to do was find the right exposure for the very wide dynamic range of the scene. I had to put myself in extreme conditions to try to find the sweet spot, and that gave me confidence about everything.”

Why it inspired me:

My inspiration for my cinematography role is Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, his use simplistic cinematography. The use of shot sizes (extreme long shots, long shots and medium long shots etc) show off the beautiful scenery and transitions. The still scenes of one object or location tie in to the realistic and visual beauty to the film.

Examples:

Sayombhu Mukdeeprom manages to skilfully soften the artificial light within the frame in a way that is both mesmerizing and realistic to watch. Its filled with lucid shots of characters, that portray vulnerability and emotion.

For the editing section, I will research various editors from films that I’ll use as an influence for my film, films I think have good editing. I’ll research the editors personal interests, skills and their inspirations in order to produce my own film.

Editor:

Editors plan, coordinate, and revise material for publication in books, newspapers, or periodicals or on websites. Editors review story ideas and decide what material will appeal most to readers. During the review process, editors offer comments to improve the product and suggest titles and headlines. In smaller organizations, a single editor may do all the editorial duties or share them with only a few other people.

Editors roles:

1. Read context and correct spelling, punctuation, and grammatical errors.
2. Rewrite text to make it easier for readers to understand.
3. Verify facts cited in material for publication.
4. Evaluate submissions from writers to decide what to publish.
5. Work with writers to help their ideas and stories succeed.
6. Develop story and content ideas according to the publication’s style and editorial policy.
7. Allocate space for the text, photos, and illustrations that make up a story or content.
8. Approve final versions submitted by staff.

Sound Designer:

The Sound Designer is responsible for obtaining all sound effects, whether recorded or live for a specific production. He/she is also responsible for setting up the sound playback equipment and must make sure the board operator is properly trained. Sound Design is an artistic component of the production.

Sound designers roles:

1. create, update, maintain and add to sample and sound libraries
2. develop the sound concept for a project and a sound map or storyboard from a script or project description
3. use digital sound processing (DSP) to manipulate and synthesise sound and music
4. enhance or distort sounds using samplers, synthesisers and audio plug-ins
5. mix sounds using a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)
6. work alongside other professionals including sound technicians and engineers, directors, composers, musicians, actors and producers.

Cinematographer:

A cinematographer, also known as a Director of Photography, is in charge of the camera and the lighting crew. They’re the person responsible for creating the look, colour, lighting, and for framing of every single shot in a film. The cinematographer may also act as the camera operator on more low-budget productions.

Cinematographers role:

1. Analysing the screenplay, characters, and story structure and deciding on a visual approach with the director.
2. Conducting research regarding available locations, props, sun position, and weather conditions at the prospective film sites.
3. Selecting and sourcing required equipment, tools, and crew members.
4. Visiting locations and taking a series of test shots before deciding on the angles, filers, film stock, framing, equipment, lighting, and techniques that will be used to create the desired atmosphere of the film.
5. Approving costumes, make-up, and hair, as well as the colour and textures used on set.
6. Training crew to safely use new and modified equipment.
7. Attending cast rehearsals and providing advice where appropriate.
8. Working with the post-production team to ensure the desired effects are preserved and that the mood of the film is maintained.
9. Keeping up-to-date with advances in the film industry and attending workshops and training sessions wherever possible.
10. Expanding networks and maintaining relationships with industry professionals.

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Sound perspective refers to the apparent distance of a sound source, evidenced by its volume, timbre, and pitch. This type of editing is most common in how the audience hears film characters’ speech. Actors in these situations are “miked” so that the volume of their voices remains constant and audible to the audience.

Score: A film score refers to the original music that accompanies a film. In most cases, movie music is written by a film composer hired for the production. The movie score heightens the film’s emotion, creating an aural mood for each scene, along with sound effects and dialogue.

Underscore: Underscore. An underscore is a soft soundtrack theme that accompanies the action in a performance. It is usually designed so that spectators are only indirectly aware of its presence. It may help to set or indicate the mood of a scene.

Voice narration, and voiceover as its inheriting part, is any kind of explaining or telling of something happening on the screen. The main function of voice narration is to explain or summarise the shots to the viewers and to link particular parts of a film together.

A “needle drop” is slang used in the film industry to describe when a pre-existing song is used in a movie. In the best cases, the audio and video become intertwined to the point where people can’t disassociate the song from the film.