We’ve just played the draft of our audio essay to the class and got some feedback. The edit is still in the early stages. Currently, we only have the main dialogue track and haven’t really addressed the creative criteria of the brief. The main feedback…
In today’s Cinema Studies seminar we did an experiment that really made me appreciate what sound brings to cinema on a whole new level. First, we listened to the audio of a scene from a film while closing our eyes. We didn’t know what the…
This week’s workshop was cancelled, so we have to complete the set work from home. It’s a little challenging, seeing as we didn’t have a lectorial either this week due to the ANZAC day holiday, but I’ll try my best to keep on top of…
Having never really worked with audio without visuals before, this exercise challenged me to focus on a medium that I often shy away from. I tried to keep in mind as much as possible the idea of treating much as we do visuals in terms…
After watching everyone’s Brief 2 projects in a ‘mini film festival’, the bulk of this morning’s workshop focused on sound, following on from the readings and the lectorial. In order to prepare us for working with the H2n Zoom microphones to record the interview component…
Yesterday’s lectorial and the discussion about the experiences of those who are unable to hear made me think back to a film I watched before I started the course. La Famille Bélier is a french film about a family, all of whom are deaf expect for the…
Today’s lectorial carried on from this week’s reading by looking at sound. We covered the basics of sound, such as the differences between listening and hearing, how soundwaves work and the components of sound. But the part of the lectorial that interested me most was…
Sound and audio have never been my strong points in terms of media production. I can edit video to music other people have recorded fairly well, but I struggle when it comes to recording my own audio. However, this week’s reading have helped me to start…