Zoom Exercise

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…

Workshop Four: H2n Zoom Recording exercise

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…

La Famille Bélier

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…

Lectorial Three: The Sound of Silence

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…

Reading: Sound and Perspective

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…