Final project: Keepin it Hunnitz

Museum Visit

There were many demonstrations that my group got the chance to see and one of the most interactive one would be the dubbing room. It showed us how actors or actresses dub their lines in post production. There are different reasons that they have to do dubbing, whether it's because the audio isn't syncing with the footages, the actors or actresses didn't pronounce the words correctly during filming or any other reasons would lead them to dubbing during post productions. 

At the beginning, I though dubbing is probably one of the easiest post production work where actors would go into the studio and record a few lines. Turned out, it was much harder than I though it would be. First, you have to start at the exact same time as you did in the footage which isn't something you would be able to do on the first try. Then you would have to match with the movements of the lips really accurately in order for the audio to sync with the footages. You also need to talk in a tone that reflects what's going on during the film so the audio would sound realistic. With all these things that you have to consider while recording your voice, there are a lot of pressures going on. Even though the demonstration only required to dub for two to four lines, I could tell how students were under a lot of pressure and nervous when they have to record their lines. This really changed my view on dubbing as I've always thought this is something easy to achieve. 

Moving images has changed drastically throughout its course of history where it first started with this "photographic gun", a camera combined with the mechanism of a Colt revolver to study the animal motion then a devised camera that recorded a sequence of images on one photographic plate and finally, the first successful motion-picture camera which all started more than 100 years ago. But today, we don't only have motion-picture camera but a camera that's able to film motions and sounds in much higher quality than 100 years ago. The experience we get from moving images are certainly much better than before due to advancing technology where it's a lot more convenient for us to watch a film where we could choose to watch it in the comfort of our home with a TV or computer, or go to a movie theater like people have always done.