Archive for April, 2009

Part 18. All My Effects are really simple

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Our story for this post is Minimoto.

This story was on my Editor of the Year entry last year.  It’s a natural sound feature.
I added effects to this story.  This was part of a program I produced called Colorado Getaways Extreme.  My co-producer and I liked the show to look different.  Each story was driven with [...]

Part 17. An Experiment with Natural Sound

Sunday, April 19th, 2009

Our story for this post is It’s a Kid’s Game.
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Let’s talk about sound.  Natural sound is key to storytelling.  I’m sure everyone reading this blog understands this.
This post is about an experiment.  Long ago someone told me that using natural sound elements in threes was his/her guideline or rule.  Meaning he/she would use 3 [...]

Part 16. The cut as an effect

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Our story for this post is New York Street Boys.
Please watch the story first.
Then watch the story again later.

In this post we’re going to talk about

Using a cut as an effect.

Using quick edits as a transition device

The cut is the device storytellers use most often.  I’d guess 95% of the content you see [...]