EEVILMURRAY Posted January 15, 2007 Posted January 15, 2007 Right right, I wish to rape your collective experience. For my video production course we have to do this "sound exploration" thing, where we use sounds we've recorded, slam 'em together, remix etc. to make something lasting 30 seconds to a minute, "with a sense of journey and dynamic range" [...] I'm drawing a blank on this. As far as I'm thinking our group will just record random sounds [walking up stairs etc] and sounding like some music track with some narrative talking on top, which could be just a passage read out from some book [maybe even the assessment criteria itself]. Or my other idea was recording us getting pissed, but that might be more suited to the next assessment. Anything anyone!?
Cube Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 footsteps - metal rubbing on metal - metal clanging (footsteps start again - perhaps a few "Gah" and "whah" sounds) - sound of something hard going through something soft (footsteps stop) - few seconds of silence - slumping sound - metal sliding on metal again - sound of rustling fabric & coins - DA DA DA DAAAA!! (Zelda get item theme). Or something like that. Basically, try to tell a very short story using sounds (e.g. A sword fight). From the sounds of it, they don't really want you to use any talking. Just a suggestion to give you some ideas
Dan_Dare Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 rather than actual sounds of footsteps and such, would it not be far more interesting to record sounds that recall footsteps?
Cube Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 rather than actual sounds of footsteps and such, would it not be far more interesting to record sounds that recall footsteps? Yea, "OTT" footstep sounds are probably better than "real" ones. But basically: use sounds that mimic the sound of the thing you are portraying, not the actual thing itself. (it usually sounds more dramatic that way)
4q2 Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 Shite, they still come up with those mad sounding arts projects.....(Tip of the day = Arts = Taking the piss....Its in the write up, as long as you can describe and justify what you have attempted you can usually bag top marks). I wouldnt want to do the project for you as it is supposed to open your creative mind or something :P . Here's a bit of input on the subject though: Play with ambience to make the piece 'travel' better, ambient sound is one of the best things to place a person somewhere, the main sound in focus only presents an action. ie. rather than use just footsteps as mentioned above, combine with a few things of the atmosphere: Bird song, distant traffic for an urban sound, leaves rustling on trees lining the streets. Slight phasing of silence can also give a recorded outdoors feel, removing the phasing can bring the sound inside again (Depends on time restraints and can I be arsed factor though). Hope this helps push your idea's on a bit.
Ashley Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 Silence is a scary sound. Use everyday sounds that are similar in tone etc and layer them up gradually to build an esculating noise that eventually culiminates in a quiet whispered noise. Kinda like most cheesy horror film trailers.
Ten10 Posted January 16, 2007 Posted January 16, 2007 Do you mean weird stuff like this: http://musicweb.koncon.nl/ircam/en/extending/vox5.html
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