Today, we were introduced to our new unit, sound. We were first introduced to a powerpoint presentation presented my Ms Wong about sound. We learnt quite a few keywords, like diegetic and non-diegetic sound. I thought that this was interesting as it had made me realize how much sound in a film contributed to the overall quality of the film. For example, we were shown the differenced of footage with sound effect and without, and we could clearly see the tension and suspense created with the sound effects, like creaking doors, accented footsteps, heavy breathing etc. Many of the sound effect in a film can be created with ordinary everyday items. We were then set a task to create sound effects of three different situations with a partner. My partner was Wyatt and we chose Silence, Destruction, and Emergency. We had to go out with a microphone and record different sounds that represent those situations, and in the next class, edit the audio in Final Cut Pro to make the final product of the sound.
We were quite creative when we were gathering sound footage, for example, for destruction, we had sounds of banging of tables, doors, lockers, the sounds of bandsaws etc. We were really opened up to a whole new aspect of film today and i had learnt a lot about how sound can affect a film.
I was an inquirer today as i was curious about how different sounds can be made into a great piece of audio for the film when layered and added together. I am looking forward to this unit as i am interested in learning more about sound in a film and being creative to replicate certain sound effects in a film.
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