Sound Project

 The following project required us to create a storyline without any images and solely through the use of sound. We had to create our own soundscape representing our scenario with sound effects we found online as well as with foley sounds we created by ourselves. The sound had to be edited as seamlessly as possible in order to make the soundscape smooth and realistic. 

Me and my partner developed our project by first brainstorming. We sat down and started bouncing ideas off of each other to come up with a good scenario. We decided upon a story set in a basketball court. After this. We created an outline that would serve as a checklist of all the sounds we had to gather for each part of our soundscape. We divided the Foley sounds we needed between the both of us and figured out how we would make them. 

Once we had a clear plan to follow, we truly got to work. We decided to use “Cap Cut” as our editing app and started to play around with the sound. We had found all of the online sound effects at this point. We created the soundscape with put the Foley sounds first and then added them when we were done making them. We had a final rough draft and all that was left was giving it the last final touches through editing in order to make transitions between sounds as smooth as possible. 

Here are a few links to images of our process: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LIPKn8nFLLTMoQpg9Rva9Q-ynpuc73I3/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G8_UVx-aMb_iDwNqyvfC_6NaqSzXEWnk/view?usp=drivesdk

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17VLKr3Saxcd2j86DHkH5n0pY1oq9GdxH/view?usp=drivesdk

Project Outline:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14SRiCQnQaSyfzueyD3ohEDhxZAy_-q0L/view?usp=drivesdk

Soundscape project:

https://www.capcut.com/presentation/7291115799274733574?workspaceId=7290704452846305286 

Camera Shots/Angles Quiz

Our “Camera shots quiz” project required us to develop a visual story with an inanimate object through 15 shots. These shots had to include the series of shots and angles we learned in class.

Some of these were establishing, long, medium, close-ups, extreme close-ups, and point of view shots, as well as high and low angles.

My partner and I decided to do our project on a water bottle. We planned all of our shots and locations in correlation with our story beforehand so we knew what pictures we had to take. After we came up with the story and the plan, we went out and got to work.

 We used our school as the setting for our project, so we walked around taking pictures of the water bottle with the shots and angles we had learned about and making sure they portrayed our story clearly. When we were satisfied with how our pictures turned out, we created a powerpoint presentation to which we added the images; this way the story flowed and was easier to follow. Each image was designated to a slide and we specified which shot/angle was used and how it played a role in the development of the story. 

I think we did a pretty good job with the organization and execution of the project itself. We planned all of the images thoroughly beforehand in order for them to fit seamlessly to the story; this allowed us to work efficiently and under good timing. I would also say that we made each image be an accurate representation of each shot; a person could easily tell what shot or angle they were looking at when looking at our project. However, I wish we would’ve spent more time choosing each location in which we shot in order to make clear shifts in settings; sometimes it felt like the subject wasn’t traveling around the school as much as we wanted it to look like because the places in which we shot looked pretty similar to one another. If this was fixed it would make the plot of the story a little more clear.

Camera Shots/Angles Quiz PPT

Introduction

 Hi! 

My name is Camila and this is 'For the Record'

This blog will be used to document my experience and work for my Aice Media Studies class.