Over this last semester we have been focusing on sound and the various techniques used to record and edit previously recorded material. The project I enjoyed most out of this was the soundscape, as I found it really fun recording various sounds and editing them into a clip in order to make it sound like a melodic audio track. For this project I had to learn how to operate a boom mic, as well as use Soundtrack Pro in order to edit the sounds together and add various effects and Eq changes.
The second project we did was a 15 minute radio show based on unsigned bands, I found the production of this project really fun, as I got to record my friend on guitar and make it sound as if he was in the studio, as well as making a competition to slot in halfway through the show. For the recordings I had to learn how to use a Eridol R-09 recorder, which worked really well. The main problem with this show, I feel is that it came off slightly short (13 mins) as we had to cut one of the interviews out, which left us short of material.
The part of this project I did not enjoy was the pre-production paperwork, mainly because I just hate paperwork!
Another project had us editing together the sound for a short film called Bodil, which we were given the scrambled sounds which had been recorded and we had to edit it to fit the movie, for this we had to learn how to sync up sounds and how to nudge the sound buy minute amounts.
Overall I have really enjoyed this side of the course, and it has opened my eyes to sound editing and recording but I am really looking forward to getting involved with video next semester!
