This morning we all entered the classroom a little bit dazed after our Easter breaks.  We started with a mini film festival of our video footage from PB2, and of course every one is still very much uncomfortable having their video played in front of the entire class.  It was a really interesting task to view each others work as we were able to see how each person interpreted and understood the brief to arrive at such individual responses.  There was a range of skills and techniques in the videos but it seems that every one is on the same page and heading forward in the course (even if we are all moving at different paces).

This weeks workshop was focused on sound.  We looked at how sound and camera footage have a symbiotic relationship.  We were asked to pair off and record interviews based on formal and informal distances of sound.  It was actually great to be able to physically practice new techniques and test microphones.  We discovered that it was extremely hard to find an environment within the university where it was appropriate to record a formal interview.  Yes, the Uni has areas set up for quiet study, but for a formal interview the power of these little microphones felt too huge for any place other than a studio.  We recorded our formal interview in a few different areas before entering a quiet stairwell where we could find peace without the atmospherical sound of RMIT.  Even then, the footage was a little distorted from echoes.

I will write a more extensive blog post about this task later and include the audio footage, but right now a summary of todays class would be that sound is more important than one could ever imagine.  At this point, I believe that sound may even be more important than visual.