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The 3 Types of Character Arc – Change, Growth and Fall — Veronica Sicoe. The main reason I disagree with people who claim every story fits the hero’s journey, is that it’s not the only character arc out there, and it really doesn’t fit every story.

The 3 Types of Character Arc – Change, Growth and Fall — Veronica Sicoe

While I wasn’t sure why exactly my story doesn’t fit the description when I wrote the post on The Hero’s Journey – My Pros and Cons, my late yet intense study of Story Structure made things much clearer to me. So I’m excited to share my conclusions with you! Character arcs. A character starts out as some guy, then stuff happens and he does some pretty crazy shit, which in turn changes who he is so he becomes a different guy. The end. In all honesty, character arcs are so easy to explain because we’ve all experienced them. Here be definitions. *clears throat* The Change Arc — this is our good old “hero’s journey”, which basically has the protagonist change from an unlikely fellow into a savior and hero. That’s it, three very different character arcs. So we’ve got three major types of character arcs. *sips some water* Sound designers tutorial: Recording Sound for Perspective. Why Record for Perspective?

Sound designers tutorial: Recording Sound for Perspective

I remember a time I first began editing when I was struggling to make a car door slam match the picture on film. I shifted the sound earlier, later, added and removed elements and it still didn't fit. The editor who was mentoring me said: If you're trying too hard to make a sound fit, then you're using the wrong sound. He told me why: the car door sound effect should have been correct (it was the proper model and year), but it had been recorded inches away from the car. In other words, no matter how you synchronize the sound with the picture, if the actual nature of the sound is wrong, it will never work. . • correct volume • correct timbre • correct perspective or apparent distance Cheating the Effect Of course, volume is easy to adjust.

Simply raising or lowering the volume of the sound may seem to make the sound closer or further away, but this is only a 'cheat'. What About Using Reverb? What is Perspective? Perspective describes how close a sound appears. Shockwave-Sound.Com - Royalty-Free Music, Stock Music, Sound Effects. New Voices. Uncompromising Visions. 6 days of discovery across London's East End. - // filminute. Festival international des Très Courts. Film Network - FilmMaking - Guide - What Makes a Good Short? Home London Short Film Festival.

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Zombies a hit for 48 Hour Film Festival - Entertainment. The results for the V48HOURS Film Festival are out and a subversive zombie comedy has taken the top prize. Wellington team Noise and Pictures won $60,000 in cash and prizes, the prized Golden Ape and also took out Best Script and Best Makeup for their horror film Brains?. The zombie comedy film impressed the audience, with international judges calling it “hilarious, original and surprisingly touching".

Team leader Giles McNeil says the group is “ecstatic” to have won and acknowledges their support from family and friends. “Thanks mum," he says. "Finally I’ve done something good.” Runner-up was team Lense Flare with their crime film The Girl with the Clover Tattoo, while Best Animation went to team Mukpuddy for their romantic comedy Love in Decay. The competition has received 4062 films over the past decade, and founder Ant Timpson says competition is still just as fierce. “Every time I think I have seen it all, these guys pull another trick out of the bag. 3 News. Short Film Central. The Best Short Films. Film Network - Films - Recently Added.