Meeting

Stella and I have met with Debbie, Whom has advised us to rethink our idea as she felt that from her experience for pitches to do a piece in the kitchen tend to be boring. We discussed changing the idea to piece about something that involved a larger amount of characters but still had potential to have sounds of objects such as a bus drivers journey.

outline

Kitchen sound assignment outline

This piece will be used to show the varied noises a average domestic kitchen goes through in one day. Through the use of kitchen appliances, people moving and talking we hope to give a sense of space that this is a busy environment with a loving family at the centre of it. the sounds we intend to use and in which order are as follows:

Light switch turned on

Kettle on

Toaster on

Kettle poured

Tea stirred

Toast pops

Butter spread

Person humming

Toast chewed

Plates in sink

Jacket zipped up

Door opened closed

Clock used to signify passage of time

Door opens

Bag put on floor

Kettle on

Cupboard/fridge door opened and closed

Tea stirred

Radio on but fuzzy

Radio off

Door opens

"Hey how was your day" etc.

Fridge opens

Sound of packaging

Chopping onion

Sizzle in pan

Food on plate

Cutlery grabbed

Stuff in sink

Tap running

Washing liquid squeezed

Plates put away  

Ideas

Today I met with Stella to swap ideas both of us had come up with a few ideas and these were discussed until we agreed upon one idea, Here are some of our ideas.

1. The british countryside, the basis for this idea was that there are many different and natural sounds in the countryside that could be placed together to create a beautiful calming space, using things like birds in the sky and other animals to show space, However this idea was decided against as it was considered too difficult and too much based on luck to get decent animal sounds in the time that was available. We also planned to do similar things in a park but was rejected for similar reasons

2. The sounds of a classroom; this idea was considered easier than the previous one as research and use of props could be easily done inside the university itself. this idea would allow the sound to show the distance from pupil to teacher and perhaps who the pupils lack of interest in the lesson could be shown by use of fades to drown out the teachers already distant voice. This idea was rejected as it was considered too hard to organise an entire classroom of people to do exactly as told also we felt this idea would not be entirely helpful in pushing our skills as students as we would remain inside the university. Similarly we planned to use a library however due to the quiet nature of a public library this idea was considered too boring.

3. Another idea was to record sounds at a bus stop, Using people and vehicles to tell a story about neighbourhood gossip however this idea was rejected due to few sounds available to use.

Chosen idea. The idea we eventually went for was a piece about a everyday household kitchen and sounds it goes through on a average day, this idea will allow us to use a variety of sounds both mechanical and human sounds. We also feel this idea is best as it allows us to put a lot of action into the piece whilst being able to easily control the noises heard in the kitchen. Originally the idea was to use a restaurant kitchen as there are many different sounds in restaurant kitchen however stella suggested a more domestic setting for simplicity's sake.

Start of new project

Today we were given a new project based on the use of space in sound, for example to show somebody is far away with just audio and no visuals through the use of space in sound it is possible to make them sound far away regardless of their actual distance to the microphone.

For this project i have partnered with Stella Harriot. we have agreed to meet up tomorrow afternoon with ideas.  

finished editing

Today all editing was finished. I feel that we have made some major improvements from our last edit and i hope it is enjoyed by all.

re-shoot

Based on Debbie's advice I booked out the camera and tripod equipment and shot new scenes showing the rambler opening a shoebox and taking out the shoes I also shot scenes of the rambler taking off his old shoes however as these shots were blatantly in a kitchen i doubt it will be used. After setting up the camera i would then play the camera.

camera logs

rough edit sent in

Today Debbie was shown our work she critiqued it and gave several pointers on to improve including, removing fades, removing unneeded frames, remove shots that broke the 180 degree rule and others.

contributions

As a pair Emma and I edited together making decisions that we both felt benefited the piece, we were both on location and filmed together both taking turns with the camera. we also completed individual forms parashoot forms.

Individually I was solely responsible for the script as a whole however the original idea was more or less collaborative. i also wrote the treatment, brought all the props (and umbrellas) and i also casted our actor and i shared camera duties with emma.