Sound Lesson and Project Reflection

     In the last two weeks, we moved on from editing to focusing solely on sound design. It was actually very interesting, and you never realize just how much sound contributes to a movie until you actually learn about it. We learned about several sound types: Synchronous sound, Asynchronous sound, Diagetic, Non-Diagetic, Sound motif, Sound perspective, Sound bridge, Voiceover, Addressing audience, Direct address, Narrating 'I', Epistolary voice, Score, Music, Sting, and Sound effects. That note taking session was long.... 

    Anyways, soon after that we started our next project: The Sound Project. This would have us produce a scene without any visuals, only relying on audio to tell a story. The first class was spent on brainstorming and creating a document outlining every sound effect used throughout the project. We were assigned random partners, and I got partnered up with someone who is actually very good at this type of thing. We immediately got to brainstorming, and by the end of class we had our outline. We were going to do a hotel check-in scene. 

    The next few classes were spent working on the project. We were going to edit it all on Adobe Premiere Pro. Since we didn't know how to make a group project that both of us could work on, my partner volunteered to edit the project as I sourced the audio files. The outline made this process a whole lot easier, since it served as a checklist throughout the project. This was extremely efficient, and we got about a third of it done during the first class. In between that first and second class, I also recorded a handful of my own authentic audios for the car sound effects featured in the project at the beginning, as well as some voice acting and some Foley for key sounds. By the end of the next class, we were just about done. All my partner needed to do was finish up the last few seconds and record some of her own Foley and then that was it. We finished a few days ahead of the due date, which made this my most stress-free project yet! We planned ahead exactly what we were going to do, and executed it perfectly.

    I think what we did well was planning and executing said plans. I also think we were very organized. I honestly don't think there is much to improve when it came to this project!