Sound Exercise
The Worker Games - Catching Fired
In this exercise we had to make up a short story and film it. It had to include some sound and different filming techniques. The main task of this exercise was to show our understanding about sound when filming the sequence and sound effects when editing it.
Our idea was about an office worker getting fired and a conflict occurring. We have used most of the shot types and camera movement we were told to:
Demonstrating following techniques:
- Diagetic/Non-diagetic sound
- On/Off screen sound
- Sound bridge
- Parallel/Contrapuntal sound
Also including a short conversation. The focus of the task was the use of sound so we had to consider carefully:
- Dialogue (conversation)
- Sound effects (footsteps, doors slamming, etc.)
I believe we made good choices on filming angle as it presented the situation clearly, for example when filming the dialogue we have filmed the over the shoulder shots as well as wide shot to show the characters, their reactions and body language.
The sound effects we have used (the sound after the employee was told she was fired at 0:36) were not our best choice and we could have used some more realistic and serious sound effects when editing if we wished to make the sequence to be taken seriously, however they still made sense and made the sequence seem more funny than serious.
At the beginning of the filming we were a little confused with the sound equipment we were given to use. However it did not take us a long time to realise what we were doing wrong and everything else went well. Using sound equipment was also quite fun and interesting as it was something new to use and made the sound the way more clear and loud in the video.
At the very beginning of the sequence we have used the on-screen sound as the employer was typing on the keyboard, later on- the off-screen sound was used as the employee was knocking the door. We have also used a short sound bridge between the shots as the employee says ''What?'' and the other one comes into the room. We have showed the examples of diegetic and non-diegetic sound as the dialogue was happening and the character were in the shot and also when they were not. We had an example of parallel sound as the employee finds out she is fired. We have used a sound that represent confusion and disappointment as well as anger at the same time. However we have not used contrapuntal sound in our sequence.
We have had a good idea of a sequence and we did try our best to use every technique we were asked to used. I believe we would be able to improve the sequence if we filmed it once again as we have a wider understanding of media, filming and using all of the techniques. To improve it we would probably make more shots to choose from, improve the acting, choose different sounds when editing, also make a longer sound bridge so it would be more clearly noticeable.
The sound effects we have used (the sound after the employee was told she was fired at 0:36) were not our best choice and we could have used some more realistic and serious sound effects when editing if we wished to make the sequence to be taken seriously, however they still made sense and made the sequence seem more funny than serious.
At the beginning of the filming we were a little confused with the sound equipment we were given to use. However it did not take us a long time to realise what we were doing wrong and everything else went well. Using sound equipment was also quite fun and interesting as it was something new to use and made the sound the way more clear and loud in the video.
At the very beginning of the sequence we have used the on-screen sound as the employer was typing on the keyboard, later on- the off-screen sound was used as the employee was knocking the door. We have also used a short sound bridge between the shots as the employee says ''What?'' and the other one comes into the room. We have showed the examples of diegetic and non-diegetic sound as the dialogue was happening and the character were in the shot and also when they were not. We had an example of parallel sound as the employee finds out she is fired. We have used a sound that represent confusion and disappointment as well as anger at the same time. However we have not used contrapuntal sound in our sequence.
We have had a good idea of a sequence and we did try our best to use every technique we were asked to used. I believe we would be able to improve the sequence if we filmed it once again as we have a wider understanding of media, filming and using all of the techniques. To improve it we would probably make more shots to choose from, improve the acting, choose different sounds when editing, also make a longer sound bridge so it would be more clearly noticeable.
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