Sound Projects

 In AICE Media Studies, we were tasked with making a story only using audio as well as adding audio to our previous “OWF” project. I was not present for the initial lesson on sound, but reviewed it and learned about folley sounds and learned how they are made. A short summary of them is most sounds other than audio are cut out and added later in editing. There are teams that make the extra needed sounds using objects, and in the video the designer used horseshoes to make the clopping of horses running.

In the first sound project, me and two others were tasked with making a story only using audio which we got from sites online, and through making our own folley sounds. In the second we were tasked with adding audio to the OWF project not requiring folley sounds, but we made some. The editing we had to do individually, but brainstorming and folley was done with your partner from the OWF. 

Approaching the sound project was not super challenging, at first we found what we were going to make the story and what sounds we needed. After brainstorming we had forgot to get in contact with each other leaving the weekend with little work done in terms of editing. We got in contact on Monday and tasked one of the group mates with creating an outline, leaving the other and I to editing and creating sounds. At first I misunderstood what folley sounds were, using the actual objects and recording the sounds they made. We finished editing on Tuesday at around eight and I informed my group that I had done it wrong. The other group mate tasked with editing stayed up late and make the sounds and edited them into the soundscape.

For the second project we made a list of sounds we would need and started to gather them. We left class on the second day we were tasked with the project to record the remaining sounds including a writing sound, taking a binder out of a bag, and slapping a binder out of someone’s hands. Because these sounds were so specific we did need to record them ourselves. I spent the weekend with family and returned on Monday gathering sounds and procrastinating when I got home. On Monday I was able to assign sound to scenes but didn’t completely edit them correctly. On Tuesday I knew it was due and quickly edited, added, and altered the sounds to make it fit the film. It did seem rushed but I had other homework and cleaning to do.

Links: Folley#1 OWFSound#2

OWF Project

 In AICE Media Studies we had to make a film that represents one word. We had to do this without the use of audio, using shots and composition and editing techniques to get the message across. The word me and my partner got was regret and we decided to go about it by having the main character mess around during study hall and fail his test. 

We started the project two days late but finished around three and a half days early. We used the first day we worked on it to brainstorm and create a basic storyboard to follow in filming. We used shots of the clock ticking indicating the amount of time passing as he doesn’t study. There are several instances where the main character could have chose to study but didn’t study until a few minutes before his class was over. We used color grading and the speed of the shots to try to get to the message across.

What could have been done better is the editing and the whole story. The story was long enough to fulfill the one minute requirement, but didn’t get the message off well enough.

Link to project: OWF 

Camera Shots Quiz

    In Aice Media Studies, we had a quiz where we were required to shoot fifteen shots including the many different shot types. Me and my partner decided to shoot a drug bust using pens and highlighters as people. We made a shot list to outline what we were going to shoot. We made use of what we had, and made props like money and drugs. We used color to make the officers and criminals stand out by making the officers blue. Our final shot was the main dealer highlighter in prison, further indicating that he got shot. I was unable to finish the final part of putting the images in a google slides document in class, and forgot to do it at home, only giving me half credit. Looking back, I should have finished it at home, and not leaving my partner to label the images by himself. 

Project: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-2oFADbE6PocoPbvbd1KrrriDFQJyFLvmA07cOhugI0/edit?usp=sharing

Introduction

 I’m Benjamin and I’m making this blog for Aice media studies. I like to fish and not do my homework.