SOUNDTRACK - Criteria 3

Summarise the ways you might be asked to devise a soundtrack;

Who would work it out with you and what different input would they have?
The Director; 
The director would be involved in making the soundtrack because they have the overall decision of all the creative visions throughout the film.
Sound Mixer;
The sound mixer would be involved because they are the people that are able to balance all the sounds together, such as dialogue, soundtracks, ambient sound, non-diegetic sound.
Composer/Musicians;
These people are one of the main groups to be involved in creating a soundtrack as they are the people that write the music and then create it using different instruments.
Picturelock; 
Meaning - Picturelock is something that is set by the director before giving the preview to the composer to create the music. If this is not set, it means that the editing process can continue and the audio created will not fit with the new edit.
Spotting;
Meaning; Spotting is when the composer goes through the video and picks out where the music needs to come in and what music needs to come in.
Best practice for recording sound;
- Environment;
    - Secure
    - Controlled
    - Soft Walls
- Backup
    - Having a backup recording will benefit you because if something goes wrong with the final recording like it gets lost or deleted, there is always a backup to add in instead.
    - Saving it in more than one place helps as well incase it gets deleted from one file or the file becomes unavailable.

Establish the sounds you want, where and how they will be sourced or recorded and what purpose they would have. For example;
Scratching; 
Foley;
Examples:
- Water Running
    - Set up a BOOM MICROPHONE next to the tap to get a direct sound. A BOOM is the best microphone for this because it gets the direct sound and no surrounding sounds.
- Walking through leaves
    - For a film with a bigger budget, directors tend to grab a long box and put objects in it that will match the environment the character is walking through. Then set up a BOOM MICROPHONE right next to where the feet will be walking and get your actor to walk up and down on it recording a direct sound through the microphone. This also has to be in a secure environment where your sound can not get interrupted by any background noises. Another way you could record this if you didn't have the time to collect all of the objects, get your actor to walk along the set where you are going to be recording and hold a BOOM MICROPHONE right next to their feet to record the best sound they can pick up.
Diegetic;
- To collect the correct diegetic sounds, go out to the right location where the sounds are all apparent and set up a OMNIDIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE and hit record. The longer you record, the more footage you will collect. To gain specific sounds like birds singing, set up a BOOM MICROPHONE and point it to the source of the sound.

Produce pre-production materials such as;
Location report;
- Where would you go to collect the sounds?
    - Making sure you are in the right location is key to getting the right sounds. Making sure the location is secure and controlled is also key so the sounds don't get interrupted.
- Assess the location for different sounds;
    - It is important to assess the location because you need to notice all the different sounds being created by the environment. If there is a sound that you know that you don't want in your recording, you have to find a different location spot to record.
Potential Equipment; 
- BOOM
- HAND
- CLIP
- RADIO
- ZOOM
Software
- Final Cut Pro is used for basic sound editing
- Soundtrack Pro is used for more advanced sound editing

MP3;
Better for internet use as it is more compressed format. More of them can be stored because they are a smaller physical data size but the quality isn't as good.

AIFF;
Better for working on Mac's as they are uncompressed meaning that less of them can be stored. The quality is a lot better.

WAVE;
Better for working on Windows as they are uncompressed files meaning less can be stored but the quality is much better.

Provide explanations of the following and relevant issues connected with them;
Public Demain;
- You can have access to it free of charge and copyright.
Downloading from the internet;
- There is the risk of copyright and the quality wouldn't be as good.
Licensed Music 
- You can pay to avoid copyright
MCPS-PRS
- Bodies that control license over music