During the sound lesson I learned about how sound can tell a story, adding to the emotional impact and realism of a scene. The lesson highlighted the importance of paying attention to every detail of sound and how it's in our day to day life. The sounds that we may not notice need to be accounted for when creating audio for a film. Foley sounds (sounds created with every day objects) are key to making audio as realistic as possible. Watching a video on foley artists and the process behind it helped me to understand the detail and work that goes into the sounds I used to think were created in the film process itself, and also how creating your own sound can make scenes more realistic. We also touched on the topic of soundscaping, which layers sounds to create an atmosphere to immerse the watcher/listener.
After this lesson I was tasked with creating 2 of my own sound projects... here's what I did!
Sound Project #1
My task was to create a 1-2 minute soundscape that tells a story only using sound effects. We were to use no video, conveying our story solely through sound. 4 of these sounds needed to be original foley sounds made with every day objects.
Approach
My partner and I decided to create a soundscape of a knight riding a horse, venturing to a cave. He then goes into the cave and fights with a dragon, defeating it and getting the gold coins it was guarding. The four foley sounds we used were the knights armor (keys jangling), the sound of the knights sword being drawn out (knifes being rubbed together), water dripping (water faucet dripping into a plastic cup), and the picking up of the coins (actual coins for realism).
Brainstorming
In the brainstorming process, we decided on our scene, ensuring it was action packed and exciting. We wrote the types of sounds you might hear during this scene, taking background sounds into account. Then we created an outline, separating the scene into sections and matching up the sounds to each scene to ensure the most realistic representation possible. Our brainstorming sheet and outline guaranteed organization during the editing process, helping us keep track of what sounds need to be used and how.
Editing
We used clip champ to edit our project.
Click here to see my project!
Sound Project #2
Revisiting the topic of my last post, my "One Word Film" project where I was tasked with making a silent film using the topic of only one word, this project tasked me with adding sound to it. Using our knowledge of sound layering and timing, I now had to add this to our silent film.
Brainstorming
While brainstorming, my partner and I worked together to carefully think out what sounds needed to be included in our One Word Film. We considered which sounds would make the scene stay realistic and express our word with the true feeling of the characters.
Editing
We used clip champ to edit our project.
Click here to see my project!
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