I thoroughly enjoyed Directing this task, it was something new and I now appreciate the amount of work that goes into good sound design. In pairs we selected one of three silent clips, and we created our own interpretation of the sound in the clip, with a mixture of our own recorded sound effects and online sourced sound effects.
We booked a Zoom mic, because it is easy to use, and has a clear clean sound when used well, we then booked the radio room in order to get the perfect environment for sound recording without splash back. I gathered materials for the session to create sound effects, I brought paper bags, plastic bags and fabric bags to get the sound of different nature textures, like twigs, leaves, mud ect. We had the footage on screen as we in turns rustled the bags to recreate steps in the woods.
The room we were recording in was small and full of radio equipment, to avoid damage to the equipment or ourselves, we stood with safe distance from walls or equipment and did movements one at a time. The risk assessment was very basic due to the simple nature of the task, no heavy or large equipment, nobody but the group involved, the only thing ticked was access and egress for the small room.
We then both sourced online soundbites that we couldn’t capture ourselves. Then edited the task together, the whole process was very pleasant partner work with Vangelis. I am very proud of the end result we have.
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— George Walker (@GeorgieboyGW) May 7, 2019
My Audio Task 🙂
We recreated all the sound for the opening to E.T, none of the original audio was used. pic.twitter.com/8Ou4a5dJwg