Lily Telford

On my tour of the MoMI, the demo that really stood out to me was the one about “dubbing”.  Our tour guide brought us to a (little black-box of a) room that had been created within the maze of other film-related exhibitions, and had us all cram inside. The room itself had been sound-proofed with it’s walls covered in black foam. It had a shotgun mic hanging from the ceiling, pointing very specifically in the direction of the one little chair, sitting at the one little desk, with the one (not-so-little) computer and headset, in the room. He asked for a volunteer to come and “act” out the demo, so I raised my hand.  I sat at the desk, and chose the “Babe” film clip to use for my dubbing example. The clip played through once, and then it replayed the first line that I was going to need to dub my voice over. It ran through this line, asking me to speak alongside the character, in order to practice syncing up my words exactly to the little pig’s lips. I did so. Then, it cou...

Scene from “Call Me By Your Name” (2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz3LgB0hyY4 Overview: The scene (and film, overall) has a very “calm, realistic, laid-back” feel and the editing style mirrors this. Lots of long takes, simple/clean cuts, and continuity editing.  Style/Framing/Matched Action: At the top of this scene we are going between two close-up shots, as the characters talk about the night before. Both are “dirty” close-up-shots, so the other character is still partially in the frame (out of focus and not facing the camera) to keep the characters distances from one another clear to the viewer. We move between these shots calmly… we don't even necessarily see the character who’s speaking while they are speaking. The editor uses “L cuts” (where he uses the audio from one shot and bleeds it into the video of another) to have us sometimes watch the character who’s listening, take in the speaker, while they’re talking. When Elio (the young brunette) says “I’ll go”...

  College Conversations; Lily Telford talks to artist Henry Liu about the influence of Social Media on his career.

In this "College Conversations" episode , Lily Telford talks to artist Henry Liu about the influence of Social Media on his career.

FINAL DRAFT: I’m sitting here at Hunter college; getting homework done, and thinking about where I’m gonna do my sound-walk. I’m brainstorm running around the Upper-West-Side in the snow, but this doesn't appeal to me very much, so I think again. I notice that I am driven to remain in the warmth of this building and take my walk around Hunter, but, I worry that “Hunter” isn't a viable option for the assignment. So I brainstorm some more. Suddenly, the sharp sound of a bag of “Doritos" being opened, catches my attention.  All my attention.  In an instant.  The sharp *crinkle* of a girl pulling at the bag- opening the bag- is music to my hungry ears. I turn my head so that my eardrums can be that much closer to the noise. They want to be as close to the sound as possible, so they can wait in anticipation of the next, even more satisfying sound.  *Crunch.* I take a deep inhale and realize I’d just been holding my breath. Literally holding my breath, w...