VIDEO AND SOUND PRODUCTION - Project 2

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30.10.2025 - 20.11.2025（Week 6 - Week 9)
Lee Xiang Ling / 0384095 
Video and Sound Production / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media 
Project 1: Audio Editing Exercise

LIST / JUMPLINK

LECTURES

Week 04 - Production Overiew

Production Stage

  • Pre-production
    The planning stage where all preparations are made before filming, such as scriptwriting, storyboarding, casting, location scouting, and crew arrangement.
  • Production
    The stage where filming takes place, following the plans made during pre-production. It requires close coordination between crew members and careful schedule management.
  • Post-production
    The stage where footage is edited into a final film, including editing, sound design, music, colour grading, and visual effects.
  • Additional Stages
    Distribution and marketing may follow post-production but are not considered part of the core production process.

Production Crew

  • Director
    Oversees the creative vision, directs actors, and makes decisions on storytelling and visual style.
  • Producer
    Manages logistics, budget, scheduling, and ensures the project runs smoothly.
  • Cinematographer / DP
    Responsible for the film’s visual look through camera, lighting, and composition choices.
  • Production Designer
    Designs the visual world of the film, including sets, props, and costumes.
  • Sound Designer
    Handles dialogue, sound effects, and music to support storytelling.
  • Editor
    Assembles footage into a coherent story, shaping pacing and emotional flow.

Week 05 - Mise en Scène

Mise en scène is a French term meaning “placing on stage.” In film and visual storytelling, it refers to the visual arrangement of everything within the frame to convey meaning, emotion, and narrative.
  • Setting & Location
    The physical environment and time period where the story takes place, shaping realism and atmosphere.
  • Props & Objects
    Objects within the scene that suggest character traits, symbolism, or narrative development.
  • Costume & Make-up
    Visual indicators of a character’s identity, personality, social status, or psychological state.
  • Lighting
    Light and shadow shape mood, tension, and focus within a scene.
  • Composition & Framing
    The arrangement of elements within the frame, influencing visual balance and storytelling.
  • Performance & Acting
    Actors’ movement, expressions, and interaction convey emotion and subtext.
  • Colour Palette
    Color choices evoke emotions and reinforce themes.
  • Spatial Relationships
    Distance and positioning between characters suggest intimacy, conflict, or hierarchy.
Overall Understanding:
Mise en scène brings together visual elements to create meaning beyond dialogue, making storytelling more immersive and expressive.
  • Understanding mise en scène helps filmmakers and designers make intentional visual decisions that support narrative and emotion.

Week 06 - Colour

Colour Theory

Colour theory is a set of principles used to understand how colours interact, how they are perceived, and how to combine them harmoniously in visual compositions.
  • Colour Wheel
    A visual tool that organizes colours in a circle and shows relationships between primary, secondary, and tertiary colours.
  • Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
    • Primary colours: Red, yellow, blue
    • Secondary colours: Green, orange, purple
    • Tertiary colours: Combinations between primary and secondary colours
  • Complementary Colours
    Colours opposite each other on the colour wheel that provide strong contrast
  • Warm vs. Cool Colours
    Warm colours (e.g., red, orange) can evoke energy; cool colours (e.g., blue, green) can evoke calmness.s.
Why It Matters: 
  • Visual Harmony
    Colour choices can enhance mood, communicate emotion, and strengthen visual storytelling.
  • Psychological Impact
    Colour influences how audiences emotionally respond to images and scenes.

Colour Correction vs. Colour Grading

  • Colour Correction
    The process of adjusting footage so that it looks consistent and accurate in terms of exposure, white balance, and colour accuracy.
    • Purpose: Fix colour issues from shooting (e.g., wrong white balance)
    • Example: Adjusting all shots so skin tones look natural and lighting matches
  • Colour Grading
    The creative process of stylizing the overall look and feel of footage to enhance mood, emotion, or narrative tone.
    • Purpose: Create visual mood, atmosphere, or style
    • Example: Making a scene look warmer to evoke nostalgia or colder to convey tension
How They Work Together:
  1. Step 1 – Colour Correction: Establish technical consistency
  2. Step 2 – Colour Grading: Apply creative tone and mood

QUIZ

Week 4 - Quiz: Production Crews, PDF Files

Week 4 - Quiz: Production stages, PDF Files

Week 5 - Quiz: Mise en scene, PDF Files

Week 6 - Quiz: Color, PDF Files

INSTRUCTIONS


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EXERCISES

Exercise 1: Edit Lalin

In this exercise, we were required to add a script and sound effects to the previously edited Lalin footage, as well as perform colour correction to improve visual consistency and storytelling.


Fig. 1.1 - Exercise 1 Final Outcome

Exercise 2: Movie Trailer Details

In this exercise, we were required to work in groups to film original footage inspired by Everything Everywhere All at Once and edit it into a movie trailer. The trailer was required to be 25–30 seconds in length.

During production, each team member was assigned a specific role within the filming crew. After the shoot, everyone independently edited their own movie trailer using the recorded footage.
  • Producer
  • Director
  • Assistant Director 1
  • Assistant Director 2
  • D.O.P  (Director of Photography)
  • Assistant Camera
  • Lighting Crew 1
  • Lighting Crew 2        
  • Art Director
  • Location Sound
  • Boom Operator
  • Main Actors 1
  • Main Actors 2
  • Extra Actor

Fig. 2.1 - Storyboard
Fig. 2.2 - Clip's Sample

Despite encountering various challenges during filming, we successfully completed the shoot and uploaded the video and audio files to Google Drive to share with all team members.

Fig. 2.3 - Video Files

Fig. 2.4 - Audio Files
Next, I combined the recorded audio with the filmed footage and searched for suitable background music and sound effects to enhance the edit. After comparing several options, I ultimately selected this track to support the trailer’s pacing and emotional impact.

Fig. 2.5 - The Background Music that I Choosed

After completing the steps above, I proceeded with colour correction and final editing, as well as adding the necessary text elements. I also designed a video cover for this project. 

Below is my Final Outcome:

Fig. 2.6 - My Final Movie Trailer

REFLECTIONS

Both assignments were challenging for me, especially the filming stage of the second exercise. As it was the first hands-on filming experience for most of us, moments of confusion and even role changes occurred during the process. Although this caused some delays and inefficiencies, we ultimately completed the shoot successfully.

This experience allowed me to gain a realistic understanding of the entire production process and highlighted the importance of communication and collaboration within a team.