Pens down, recorders out! This week was all about learning how to record and edit our audio tracks. To be honest I was not present at the time, but in terms of knowing the technical elements of this work, I am quite competent in. As an elective for the semester, I also study sound design. A number of the technical requirements mentioned in the task have been touched on in sound design. However what is more important is what I would actually record and mix to give my own audio take on the topic of “can I have your attention please?”

My first recording would be a conversation between a mother and her child who is roughly in his twenties on the dinner table. While the mother talks, she will mention about the son never coming home, ignoring her calls and never talking to her. Throughout the conversation, the mum will say ‘look up at me’, alluding to the fact that the son is always faced down and absorbed into applications on his phone.

The second recording will have a recording of the air conditioning to give the sound mix an ambient background to give a sense of depth to the narrative. Furthermore I would record unique social media notifications and beeps and add them to the mix to show that he is always on his phone.

In terms of editing, I would not put in any plugins, but rather just nice cutting of unwanted dialogue and constant adjustment of the gain to get a consistent loudness in the dialogue if required.