WEEK 2 – class reflection
In week 2, we got the chance to learn about sound. Last semester, I remember I had done this part before where we tried and learned to use the sound recorder. This time, it is not so much different.
Before experimenting, Paul showed us a video about people talking and looking at skeletons in the city while people were walking pass. The language wasn’t in English. It was basically a random video of people talking and wondering, however, it appears quite interesting to me how people were really natural in the film. Therefore, it turns out that the video was being shot from far away and the media team basically hid the camera and recorder to make people feel comfortable, as the fact that people tend to walk away from the camera and don’t talk much when they are aware they are being filmed. Furthermore, I found it really fascinating listening to people conversations about people wondering about skeletons and random things under the ground because it also shows different views from people how they think about that they are seeing. It is such a simple video, yet quite rare and interesting how they show different perspectives from random people.
Later on, Paul showed us how to use the recorder properly and how to coil cables. Then, Allison and I went to explore around uni and do some experiment with the recorder. It was quite awkward seeing people looking at us holding the mic and recorder recording random stuff on the streets or around uni, which explains quite well how hard it would be to record somebody without making them feel uncomfortable in front of camera and recorder. Overall, this experiment is interesting seeing people interactions and also how well this recorder works catching all the sounds we wanted. I’m looking forward to using all the mechanisms we will be trying in this semester and hopefully will be able to use it wise and make the filmmaking more fun and interesting.
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