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bjbj [Music] You ever wonder why classic Hollywood movies usually have a scary scene that involves
thunder and lightning? Using the weather as a tool to add a sense of drama or suspense
to your videos is actually very useful and done quite often. m Brandon Pinard for Videomaker
Presents. This week I m gonna be showing you how to use the weather like a Hollywood pro
to improve the look of your scary or dramatic videos. One powerful tool that Mother Nature
provides for us videographers to use is the sun. Using the sun in your videos can indicate
a number of different things. For instance, the sun rising can indicate a new start or
new beginnings, the change of a scene or even the change of an actual season. Showing a
nice sunrise and contrasting that with other shots of animals, flowers, creeks flowing,
birds chirping can all indicate the end of winter and a beginning for life. In contrast,
showing the sun setting can indicate the end of a bright season, the onslaught of scary
events to come, or relief from the heat of a summer sun. Now, everyone can agree that
the onslaught of a thunderstorm on the horizon can pretty much indicate some scary times
to come or a psychological trigger that can basically unleash a sort of uneasy feeling,
suspense, terror, even, depending on the use of the weather in the video and the context
of it. The most classic use of stormy weather would be in any classic Hollywood movie involving
a scary scene with, say, a damsel in distress at home alone or a younger character at home
alone. One way to create the effect of a lightning bolt is to take a shot of the character, position
the light on the character, maybe through a false window, and then hold up a board in
front of the light. When you want the lightning to flash on, simply move the board back and
forth, and this will flash a light on the character. See, if you pass the board through
it, it has some telltale signs of sharp shadows moving across, but simply rotating the board
in and out of the way will actually do this. Another way is to actually film lightning
and do cutaway shots of the lightning bolt. Cut back to your character looking scared
and feeling the effects of the weather on them. One way to indicate thunder and lightning
without even showing any signs of it is simply through the use of sound. Lightning and thunder
are their own distinct sounds. A classic way to simulate the sound of thunder is a sheet
of metal. Sheet metal, held up, [sound of thunder] suspended, produces kind of a tinny
sound, but depending on your micing capabilities you can produce a sound that s very similar
to actual thunder, and it s a favorite of many Foley artists. Sounds pretty realistic.
Another way to capture that is to simply capture a rain storm. If you notice clouds on the
horizon and you need sound for your video, go ahead and shoot the rain storm or simply
capture the audio, and you get the sound of the rain, the lightning, and the thunder,
and nothing really beats the authentic sounds of nature. [End of Audio] Making Thunder Sound
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