Food On Film – Week 8
Route B
Route B is a micro-documentary directed by Jennifer Anderson and Vernon Lotte. It talks about what Jennifer Anderson and her father see when they deliver food for Meals on Wheels on every Saturday morning. This documentary doesn’t use music to increase emotional impact and make it more ‘entertaining’. I can hear the background sound of each location and the voice over of Anderson. Route B shows that simplicity is the best approach. With her objective voice-over(no much mood in it), and it perhaps makes things more emotional. I think the information she says doesn’t need to be preachy and it brings me to what she and her father saw on every Saturday morning.
On the other hand, the environment sounds give me the feeling of ‘being there’ as well. Martin (2011)states sound creates continuity of time and places. The scenes of this documentary are starkly simple. However, the environmental sound, for instance, the twitter of birds, the chirping of cicadas, the rubs of a dog runs on the grass. All those nature recordings bring aestheticism to me and let me understand that documentary films focus on real-life events at that moment. I am curious how do they record the beauty of complex soundscapes without any noise. After I watched this film, I realized simple is not a bad thing for a documentary. Moreover, in this documentary, I’ve never thought to simplify of sounds creates a strong emotion for me to reflect the politic in live action. I think the sound of this micro-documentary creates a sense of reality for me, the sense of ‘what’s they saw and hear on each Saturday morning’.
Shinmai Tasty Sound Record Plan
b) My final project Shinmai Tasty will mainly about my main character Tah talks about her personal experiences as a Thai runs Japanese restaurant. Tong and I plan to record 1) Tah’s interview sound with a miniature lavalier can be hidden on her chest. It will be the leading voice over of our documentary2)The environmental sounds of Shinmai Tasty kitchen. 3) Chefs are making the food. 4) Environmental sounds of Shinmai Tasty. We also need to find a free copyright Thai music, which I think we can put at the beginning of our film, it can tell the viewers Tah’s identity. Martin (2011, p.288)states that ‘documentary film strives to be closer to reality and sound is crucial for creating a sense of reality for the viewer, the sense of ‘being there.’’ So I plan to find some Japanese free copyright music, it can come up when Tah talks about Shinmai Tasty. Hope Japenese music can bring our viewers a sense of ‘being there’.
Reference
Martin, J 2011, ‘location and post-production sound in documentaries’ in de, Jong, Wilma, et al. Creative Documentary: Theory and Practice, Routledge, 2011. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/rmit/detail.action?docID=1602050. Created from rmit on 2019-04-29 03:10:00, pp.288-304.
Jennifer Anderson & Vernon Lotte, Route B, Short of the week, viewed 4 May 2019, <https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2017/06/27/route-b/#read-more>
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