Sound Projects

After we completed our editing and filming project, we moved on to the next element needed in film production: sound. Through this project, we learned how to tell a story through the use of various auditory techniques. 

For Sound Project #1, we were asked to create a soundscape with no visual aid. Our objective was to create a soundscape of a scene created by our imaginations.  My partner and I chose to create a supermarket scene where there's conflict between a mother and her two young children. We chose this particular setting because there were so many different sound elements that could be incorporated into the soundscape, which was our main focus when we brainstormed the different ideas. After we chose our scene, my partner and I worked together to create an outline that laid out the various parts of our scene and what sounds we could include in those particular parts. The outline allowed us to be aware of what sounds we need and in what order we should add them in. We used the application Clip Champ to layer our sounds. The app offered many tools that helped us change the volume of our sounds and to carefully edit our clips. In this project, we were also asked to create sounds using foley. My partner and I worked together to mimic sounds that were heard in a busy supermarket, such as carts moving by, freezer door opening, the placing of items, etc. 

To reflect, I believe that our project clearly represented a supermarket which was one aspect that I felt we accomplished well. All of our sounds were layered and volumed correctly which helped build the atmosphere. However, I think we could've improved on the parts where the toddler and the newborn were crying and whining, since it sounded slightly artificial. 

The next soundscape we were asked to create was part of our Sound Project #2, where we had to incorporate sound elements to our OWF Project that was created. I reunited with my film partner and we brainstormed different ideas for sounds. It was much easier to envision the sounds we could use for this project because we had a film that we could follow and use to direct our sound elements, aiding in the visualisation of the soundscape. My partner and I created another outline where we separated our scene into multiple parts and added information on the different effects that we were going to use. In our OWF we used Adobe Express, but we moved from that application to Clip Champ because the newer app allowed us to add more audio layers to our project. 

In my opinion, I thought that the second Sound Project was much simpler than the first, but still challenging. I think we did well in terms of having a wide range of sound effects to use and choose from. This gives our scene more character and builds context. However, one way I think we could've improved by was adding more realistic sounds since I thought our final work sounded relatively artificial. 

Here are the links to the projects if you're interested in checking them out. 
Sound Project #1
Sound Project #2