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Wednesday, 4 February 2009

How to make the duration of Music as Long as the Movie

When make a simple slideshow or film, PC users often include music broadcaster slideshow or movie to make it more interesting. However, often the music width that you want to include do not as long as the width of the slideshow or movie.The duration of the music can be longer or shorter than the film. When you use free video editing software Windows Movie Maker 2, you can make the duration of both music and film same easily.

Identify the duration of both: Hold and drag music files to be parallel with the video file.

The way is, after you enter your music, picture slide show, and film in the "Storyboard" Windows Movie Maker, see the end of the "Storyboard". If the music duration is shorter, you should add one more to the music files in it, so that the music duration is longer than the duration of movie or slideshow. To make the duration, you select the music file that most end, click on the line until the left mouse cursor changes to arrows. Hold the left mouse button and slide it until the end of the line music and film. Now, music has the same duration with the duration of the film. So that the music does not stop suddenly, your music files right click again and select "Fade Out". Now, try to run the film before you save them to hard disk or CD.

Source : http://www.chip.co.id/aplikasi/windows-movie-maker-2.0-menyamakan-durasi-musik-dan-film-2.html

Saturday, 13 December 2008

Fiction and Non-Fiction Movie

Lately, there are much various movies. Despite they use different way, all films can be said have one target: to attract the attention of the people to the problems in the movie. In addition, the film can be designed to serve the needs of the limited public and the general public. Film can be grouped into two big categories, namely the story movie (fiction) and the category of non-story movie (non-fiction)
1. Story Movie (fiction film) is a film produced based on the stories that be, played by actors and actress and tended to be commercial. Example: drama film , horror, colossal, history film , science-fiction, comedy, fight, musicals, etc.
According to Sinematek Indonesia, the first fiction film production in Indonesia is Loetoeng Kasaroeng in the year 1926. In the story film, namely that the most important film can combine encouragement based on the subjective story, so movies produced in the form of reality design a real alternative reality for the spectators.
2. Non- story movie (non-fiction film)
Initially, the film has 2 non-story type of movie that is factual and documentary films. The factual film is a kind of news film / documentary or Newsreel . The camera just recording events. Example: the documentation of events and war state ceremonies. Documentary film is a film based on the facts plus the subjectivity of the creator . In non-fiction film, the accused to enter his opinion into movie based on the fact that the outcome of the movie is the fact that views from the perspective of the film maker.
In addition, there are several types of films into the category of non-fiction film is tourism film, advertising film and education film .

Source : Dasar-dasar Apresiasi Film by Marselli Sumarno

Tuesday, 9 December 2008

Making Simple Movie by a Handycam

Making simple movie for new comer can be made by just a handycam, not always using camera. Handycam is cheaper and easier to get because most of civil public have a handycam. At least the number of it bigger than people who have their own camera. Even the quality is not same with the camera, movie which is made by a handycam is watchable. In shooting process, we can use "Three Foot" tool. This tool can keep the handycam not shake and the picture which is produced has a gently move. In the using of handycam to replace the camera, the sound production is also need an attention. In almost of handycam product, there is a hole connection to connect handycam with a microfon. So the sound which is produced has a good quality. Notice that we must keep the microfon out of frame but we also have to put it as near as possible to get louder voice from the artist or speaker. But do not worry if the handycam which we have is haven't a hole connection for a microfon or we don't have a microfon. We still can make a watchable movie with that kind of handycam. The key is we just need to make a scene that in the scene, there is no one must talk except the artist. So the voice from the artist can be recorded clearly.
The other success key to make a good film by using handycam is in the editing process. We can edit the scenes to get more gently scene and can add the backsound, effect, etc to make the movie more beautiful, more exciting and watchable. So, don't be unconfident if you just have a handycam to make movie !

Tuesday, 18 November 2008

How to Make Movie for Beginner

There are several steps in making movies in a simple and easy for beginners:
1. Determining the idea
Story ideas or themes we can get anywhere and anytime. Even the idea can be obtained from a simple accident from the daily life. A movie will be more meaningful when related to life. We determine who can or can not make a simple event into a meaningful film.
2. Determining the purpose.
We should be able to find the goal of making the movie. As a beginner, we must understand that the good movie is movies that have elements of the moral message. We must also determine who will become spectators of the film that we will make that language and gully movie is not confusing viewers.
3. Making a summary of the story
Stories can be developed by the research and find the actual facts. Synopsis is a general overview of the entire movie that can be developed into a detailed flow chart.
4. Creating Outline
Outline also called script in technical language. The script is writing stories about the movie that we make. The script is also a picture of work we produce in the movie, so we will work more effective. There are some functions of the script. The first script is a tool that structural and Organizing can be a reference and guide for all those involved. So, with the script you can communicate ideas to the entire film production crews. Therefore, the script must be clear and imaginative. Second, the script kameramen important to work with because kameramen read the script will capture the mood or technical issues related to the work kameramen. Third, the script also become a basic part of the production work, because by reading the script can be what we need to produce movies. Fourth, the script also become a guide for the editor with the script because we can show the structure of flim us that we make. Fifth, with the script we will know who we need as a source of information.
5. Create a scenario
Scenario is a sequence of dialogue that will be played by players. In the scenario there are also expressions that must be performed by players.
6. Shooting
In the fourth step is that there are two we should note that shooting list and shooting schedule. Shooting note that the list contains estimates of what the picture needed to movie that we make. So when the record we will not remove the cassette tape with the images that are not beneficial to our movie. While the shooting schedule or plan is to record first shooting schedule that we will do in making the film.
7. Editing
Start recording the results of capture is to select previous to the computer using the editing program that we normally use. After the movie we collated based on the final synopsis is that we created earlier.
Enter the footage that we have record. Create interactive learning path may be. Add back sound, animation and mixing sound to better results.
8. Multiplicities
Namely storage in the form of movie DVDs, VCDs or other media.

Do not be afraid to make movies because with the good cooperation film should not cost much.

Monday, 17 November 2008

About ADOBE AFTER EFFECT 7.0

Specifications for Computers: Processors Pentium 4, min 256 MByte RAM, 1024 x 768 resolution, CD-ROM 52x min, VGA min16 bit, Sound Card, Speaker, Min Windows 98.

Skill level: Beginner and intermediate

Adobe After Effects 7.0 is the most popular programs
to provide visual effects to the short duration video. Adobe effect, after making 7.0 provides feature-animation animated, such as Smoke effect, Hotspot, fire flow, stroke animation, animation and special effects, animation and other techniques and also the using of masks and scripts. You will also use as a Photoshop image editing to create effects that better. With creativity and techniques that good, you will be able to provide visual effects applied on a video film
and TV advertising.
Interface AAF7 know, Project and the New Composition, including files and text, Menganimasikan Text, Layer (move, duplicate, cut, split), Changing duration, and reverse time remapping, Blending, masks, Track matte, Layer 3 dimensions, Combination effects of Blur and masks, Color Correction effects, Distort effects, Paint effects, effects Perspective - radial shadow effect, Track motion, Changing the layout of the interface, Text Path Animation, rendering, animation line (ray effect comet), Basic animation & Parenting