For the last 2 workshops, we reviewed our audio and video rough cuts to our tutor during class and received really good constructive feedback from her in order to achieve the desired grade the group is aiming for.

For one, our audio essay lacked texture, and it was rather monotonous. This I can agree with, as I was the one responsible for mixing and editing the audio clips together and adding sound effects, music, and other sound clips that could lift the audio essay to sound a little more entertaining rather than just 3 people speaking. But due to the limited time in producing a rough cut, this was the main bulk that could be produced for the time being, and adding in extra textual elements would be slightly less taxing than arranging audio recordings and mixing the audio levels.

Our video essay was also coming together, but like the audio essay, it lacked extra textual elements such as found footages, still images, and maybe some minor editing techniques to make the video essay a little more engaging as well as entertaining instead of just 4 people sitting in front of the camera talking. Content wise and arguments, our tutor remarked that it was spot on and it was through provoking to the viewer, but also has a good resolution at the end.

This left the group going back to our drawing board to see how we could enhance our audio and video essays, adding extra sound effects, clips, found footages, images, and applying various technical effects to lighten up our essays to a more entertaining level. It’s easy to just produce an audio or video essay, after all, it’s just an essay with people reading out from a script through video or audio, but it’s not easy to make the final product something the listener/viewer can maintain their attention before they decide to stop and doze off into oblivion. We planned to use the remaining time frame that’s left before the deadline for PB4 to enhance our essays.