Sound Project
This past week, we completed a Sound project. For this project, we had to create a 1-2 minute video with only sounds and no visuals. We had to download sounds from online websites, and four other sounds had to be done as foley. We may only use seven words.
My partner and I worked together on our chosen story, about a knight's sword fight in the woods that ended in the death of one of the characters.
Planning
To begin this project, we completed a planning outline on Word. We used it to make a timeline of the scenes and the order of the sounds. We shared the document so we could each add our own details on our own time and discussed what we would keep and what would get removed when we were together in class.
After we finished the Outline, we began to work independently. I chose Imovie to complete the project. I used the sites Freesound and Pixabay to download the sounds I needed, and I also got some from the Imovie sound collection. Of course, I created foleys in different places to use this sound technique in my final project.
Outline:
What Was Done Well and What Could Be Done Better
One of the best things about my project was the foleys. I did four foley sounds, all of which fit perfectly with the sounds around them.
1.- Striking the swords with a knife and fork.
2.- When the character is slammed into a wooden structure, I hit a wooden window and some trees.
3. For the walking sounds, I recorded them on different surfaces to produce a variety of movements: slow walking over stones, on the grass, more quickly in the woods, and over a rug to simulate the sounds of the fighting clip.
4.- I did the sink's faucet water for the heavy rain sound.
However, I wish I could've done one thing better: more rain layering. It was raining during the entire scene, so I had to upload another rain clip several times and use the foley because it wasnt long enough to cover the whole video. And while I did my best to make it seem smooth, in some parts, it sounds chopped when one rain clip changes to another. Also, I wish that the tone of the phrase: "This didn't have to end like this," was more dramatic because it was the end of the knights' fight that finished with the death of one of the characters.
Link to foley sounds:
What I Learnt
Before this project, I had yet to learn how to layer sounds or even what a foley was. But thanks to the assigned videos and the notes taken during the sound lesson, I managed to do this project well, layer my sounds properly, and even create my own foley sounds.
Foley is the art of sound, and it is amazing how artists can create unique sound effects using everyday materials or ingredients. For example, the artists made the sounds of the aliens in the movie "A Quiet Place." You can never imagine that they were recorded using grapes.
Link to our project:
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