Sound

Hi again!😀 My teacher introduced sound to us recently. My peers and I learned about soundscapes and different types of sound, such as synchronous sound, asynchronous sound, and stings. We also learned different sound techniques, like sound motif and a sound bridge. We were also introduced to foley sound and watched videos on real foley artists sharing a glimpse of their career!

We were assigned 2 sound projects to practice these techniques!

Sound Project #1: We had to make a 1-2 minute soundscape comprised of an action that would occur in a literal 1-2 minute timespan. We could only use 7 words max. during the scene. To collect our sounds we used sound effects databases and were required to incorporate at least 4 foley sounds and submit a video of us collecting them. 

My partner and I wanted to create a soundscape for a fun event with a variety of sounds... so we chose a surprise birthday party! We created an outline of the soundscape from the perspective of the birthday person. While creating the outline, we imagined we were at surprise birthday party to help recall common sounds. Our outline helped us visualize and organize the final result of our soundscape! Here is a picture of the outline:

We used Clipchamp to create our soundscape. My partner and I each chose a scene and looked for sounds from that specific scene. 

Once we completed our final project I felt we could have improved the rain and thunder foley sounds. Also, some viewers may see the events in the soundscape (arrival, birthday cake, gifts) as too fast paced to happen in 1-2 minutes. However, I feel we did a strong job of recreating a surprise birthday party environment and included commonly unnoticed sounds at parties.

Check out the final result here! --> Sound Project #1

Here is how we collected our foley sounds! --> Foley Sound Collection

Sound Project #2: Remember the One Word Film I posted about? In this sound project we circled back to it and added soundscapes to it. We made an outline with our One Word Film partner then we each made a soundscape for the film on Clipchamp. This time, there was no limit on how many foley stages must be used.

My partner and I looked through our One Word Film video and wrote down the scene, then listed the sounds from every movement onto our outline, along with some diegetic sounds. We paused the video after each scene to make sure we took note of all the sounds and then decided on what diegetic sounds to include. Before we finished the brainstorming process we reviewed our outline and video once more to make sure no sounds were missed! Thanks to our outline, we were able to add spotlight to sounds we normally don't focus on. 

I did a good job of matching the synchronous sounds to the movements and my partner and I did well at coming up with sounds heard in a school enviornment people don't focus on. However, I could have played around with the volume more to make the volume of each sound more realistic.

Check out the final result here! --> Sound Project #2

After these projects I can agree that sound is definitely an overlooked side of media!! 

Thank you for your visit and I hope you come back soon!💕🫶