In our tutorial for week 6, Rachel went through some basics about coverage and sound recording to help us with the technical aspect of Project Brief 3.

Coverage

• Interview
  • Camera setup: master camera (see the whole scene), additional cameras focus on specific aspects of the scene
• Going about daily business
• What’s going on in the environment
• Close-ups of eyes, hands, etc. demonstrating a person’s subconscious behaviours

Sound Recording

• Simplest form – changes in air pressure that changes depending on spatial orientation
• Sound vs. Noise
  • Sound: intentional, public, specifically listen to it
  • Noise: unintentional, surrounds us
• Hearing vs. Listening
  • Hearing: surrounds us, may try to block it out
  • Listening: intentional, pay attention, specific source
• 3 main types of sound (all influenced by our own perceptions):
  • Music
  • Speech
  • Sounds
• Space
  • 3-dimensional (think about depth, breadth, height)
  • Gain perspective by listening to the sound (decipher where the sound was recorded, the distance of the recording device/microphone from the sound source, how the sound was recorded – type of microphone, sound/noise ratio)
• Reverb: multiple reflections of the same sound – direct and reflected sound
• Signal sound should be loud in relation to the noise – largely dependent on the microphone used to record and the environment where the sound was recorded
• Microphones
  • Dynamic – common, cheap, frequency not great
  • Condenser – much more sensitive, better signal-to-noise ratio)