Sound Blog Post

A girl gets up during a football game to hurry and use the PortaPotty before its too late. She is rushed by someone and hurries out but the game ends before she returns.

When coming up with the idea of the story, we decided to do something that no one else had done. We figured out the setting and the time it would be while also taking into consideration how we would make those noises. Using metal bleachers and walking on the grass were the easiest sounds that we could do during school time and the rest could be easily done at home.

When editing, many layers were put on top of each other in order to layer the sounds and add dimension. The sounds and layers all overlapped or were paced to make the scene as real as possible. When making the outline, we would consider how to make the sounds before writing it down, allowing an easy execution. 

When editing the project, the sounds had to be precisely timed and a certain volume. Replaying the project over and over was a crucial part in tweaking it to be perfect. Techniques such as exponential fade were used quite often to make sounds fade out slowly instead of abruptly stopping.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19HCpzEWT-WQB2AtjbsqM4MP2BVxHosox?usp=drive_link

(File called DonaldsonDeters_foley_per8.mp4)

 Me and my partner, Nathaniel, had 15 shots to tell a story with inanimate objects using an establishing, long, two medium, two close-ups, extreme close-up, point of view, high angle, and low angle shot. We had 5 shots to be free and creative with. 

First, my partner and I decided to plan out our entire project before going to film so we wouldn't waste time going back and forth through decisions. We had decided upon a plot first and then we discussed what shots to do along the way. When arriving at the filming area, we did a quick look around to see where we could begin filming and started. After returning to class, we made a power-point to showcase all the shots and a quick caption describing it. After some revisions, it was done. 

 The composition of the shots were done well and the story progressed at the rate we had wanted to. I lacked a little on the captions of the photos, some where clear and brief while others were a little too long or did not give a concise description.

Shots and Angles Quiz.pptx

 My name is Nicole and I will be using this to blog for my AICE media studies class. I will also be using this blog for my final project later on in the year.