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Workshop – Week 9

This week’s workshop had us put into our groups for PB4, I wasn’t in class this week but I am lucky to be able to work with Joanna and Aria!

The workshop also included an ‘Intro to Recording Sound Exercise’ in which we were required to record a range of sounds for either of these topics:

• What I like about RMIT City Campus
• RMIT Library – different spaces and what you can do there
• My favourite place on/near campus to grab a coffee/bite to eat…

The recordings also had to include:

* Interview material: in which one is the interviewer – the other the interviewee

– Conducted in two different styles:

• • • • • • • Informal interview – happening ‘in field’ with the participant/interview interacting with the environment in some way.
            • Formal interview – simulating a studio-based recording as much as possible i.e. with the absolute minimal presence of any other sounds]
• Atmosphere / Background sound
• Spot sounds – special character sounds that will give your piece extra texture

Although I wasn’t able to complete this project, I believe I would have been interested in completing it on the best places on campus to grab a coffee/bite to eat, as by this point in the semester I am quite skilled in this area.

I’d imagine conducting an interview with a barista on campus if they would allow us to interview them, including the background noises of the coffee cart atmosphere/someone using an espresso machine. Alongside this would be a more formal interview with a student in a quiet room, eliminating as much background noise as possible. For spot sounds, I would include a recording of someone frothing milk to add texture and simulate a real coffee drinking experience.

Of course, if I were working in an actual group, all of this would be subject to my team mate’s ideas as well, completely able to change.