Learning about Sound!

    In my AICE Media Studies class, we’ve been learning about sound and editing, and it’s made me realize how much work sound editors actually do. 

    The sound lesson and assigned videos taught me the basics of sound design, like how it affects the mood and adds to the story. One of the main things we learned was the types of sound. This included synchronous sound, asynchronous sound, diegetic, non-diegetic, foley effects, and more. The videos were very entertaining and helpful for the 1st sound project when we had to create our own foley sounds.

    For the first sound project, our directions were to create a short soundscape that tells a story using only sound and a max of seven spoken words. My partner and I had brainstormed the idea for a story set on a rainy day in school. Our story started with our character walking from outside indoors with a stormy atmosphere. Then he went into the hallway and unfortunately slipped and hurt himself. We then had it take a chaotic turn with the 911 caller and ambulance noises in the background.

    When we were making our outline, we thought about every sound we heard during a rainy day and thought of things like rain hitting the ground, footsteps on wet pavement, and distant traffic in the background. My outline broke the scene into four main sections; Outside, Entering the school hallway, Emergency Call, and Ambulance arrives. This outline helped me organize my sound files and time each effect perfectly! To edit and layer all the sounds together, I used Clip Champ. Something that was done really well was our foley sounds! For the characters bones snapping, we ripped up a lettuce, and it sounded very realistic! I tested them with my mom by playing the audio and she had to guess what it was. However, next time, I’d like to improve my volume balancing for the sounds to make it more emotional.

Here's a link to go check it out!

FernandesJin_Soundscape_Per2

    For the second sound project, our directions were to build a soundscape for our One Word Film project we had previously completed. So, we had to sync sound effects and music to match the action and mood. My partner and I rewatched our video and started listing sounds we thought we would hear during the video like speaking, crying/sniffling, and laughter. Our outline broke the scene into 16 sections: Cafeteria, Lonely girl, OTS, Bullies, and more. This helped us organize our sound files and layer them easily with the matching video part.

    I used Clip Champ again to edit and layer the audio. Something that was done really well was the sad music in the background. I made it slowly get louder as the story went on, and it added lots of intensity. However, next time I'd like to improve the "Oops!" sound I included. I feel like it was too subdued and needed to be louder.

Here's a link to go watch it. Make sure to copy and paste it into a new tab.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SnHSD_JFm1AV6fJGFicVxX74wHfRuShc/view?usp=sharing

Thank you for reading and watching! I’m excited to keep on sharing my progress!