Writing and recording demos to audition various themes for the director’s consideration. Composing the film’s music, often using a variety of tempos and time signatures to sync with various action sequences within a scene. (Some genres, like action films and cartoons, require more sound/picture syncing than others.)

Since the invention of digital technology and audio sampling, many modern films have been able to rely on digital samples to imitate the sound of live instruments, and many scores are created and performed wholly by the composers themselves, by using music composition software, synthesizers, samplers, and MIDI …

The function of music in the movies is a very wide field. Music can serve several purposes that are either important on the emotional side of the movie or help/enhance the storytelling. It is not only helpful but essential for any director/producer to keep the music in mind when planning/shooting the movie.

Overview

• Credits.
• Mood and atmosphere.
• Dramatic effect.
• Sense of locale.
• Character emotion or identification.
• Pace and action.
• Foreshadowing.

0-9. A camera that exposes photographic film to light in order to take a picture. Used since the late 1800s, the film is a chemical emulsion on a plastic substrate that is sensitive to light. When exposed, an analogous image of the scene is created within the chemical layer of the material (see film).

A film, also known as a “movie” or a “motion picture,” is a series of moving images shown on a screen, usually with sound, that make up a story. The movie itself is a film, and you can also use the word to mean the photographic strip of plastic that runs through a camera and captures the film’s images.

Every video and every film reflects society and transforms opinions. The power of audiovisuals has been manifested and exploited politically, socially, and economically throughout history. Leaders such as Adolf Hitler, for example, successfully used films as propaganda tools during World War II.

• Essential characteristics of film. Qualities of the film image. Intensity, intimacy, ubiquity.
• Expressive elements of motion pictures. Cinematographic expression. Framing.
• Types of film. The documentary. Travelogues and ethnographic films.
• The study and appreciation of film. Preservation of film.

Film Genres

• action films.
• comedies.
• romantic films.
• rom-coms.
• adventure films.
• musicals.
• dramas.
• period films or historical dramas (films set in another historical time)

8 Tips for Becoming a Cinematographer

1. Learn the Basics.
2. Find Your Inspiration.
3. Spend Time on Film Sets.
4. Expand Your Network.
5. Create Your Own Visual Style.
6. Search for Job Opportunities.
7. Start Cultivating Your Brand.
8. Continue Learning.

Cinematography is the photography of moving images. Editing is the process of selecting and mixing the film in a sequence conceptualize the film with special effects.

Dictionary.com defines edit as “to prepare (motion-picture film, video, or magnetic tape) by deleting, arranging, and splicing, by synchronizing the sound record with the film, etc.” A sequence is a number of scenes joined together that could be a large percentage of the movie when it is finished.