tyche
Audio
in this topic we will be learning and demonstrating a variety of audio techniques, both with and without visuals paired with the audio. I am to show my skills and abilities to use an assortment of techniques and devices.
Childrens audiobook
Pre production
In this project we were tasked with making an audiobook reading out of an existing book. My group chose snail and the whale to read. We had to analyze 2 other kids audiobooks as well as our own. These "were go the fuck to sleep" and "the highway rat".
Recording
bts
Digger audio
Running lines
"Splash sound"
Jon Grey as a fish
Colin Bacon as the dog
Tyche as the narrator
Sienna Fellows as the snail
Alex Perrott as the schoolteacher
Allyn Jefferies as the seagull
Jon Grey as the fish
Colin Bacon as the dog
Tyche as the whale
Seb Hooton as running child
Pe department as cheering people
Digger noises provided by _______
Tyche, Sienna, Alex as ensemble
Tyche as the wind
We recorded our lines in the quietest room in the building, and this went smoothly with minimal errors. Once we had recorded all the dialogue, we went round the campus doing foley and recording audio files. And we managed to get 3 of the college admin staff including the principal, and vice principal, to provide imitations of creatures that are featured within the book. We then edited the audio together, and I used some sound effects from BBC sound effects (in the public domain), there are 10-13 self recorded sound effects used and around 20 total sounds.
The timeline in the edit
This is the alternate thumbnail for the video, done in ms paint
The thumbnail used in the video, also done in ms paint
The final piece
Self evaluation
"wow"
Practical research
Audio techniques
For this task we researched and wrote about different sound recording techniques, like what they are and why they are used. I also edited all the pictures seen on the document myself and can be seen to the left.
The man with the boom mic
He is recording the room noise
He is recording the sound effect in the environment its set
The boom man forgot to do his lines on the day, so he is using adr to do them
They need more sound effects, so boom man is doing some foley
You now know audio techniques
Practical Research
In this task we had to record a short line on an assortment of microphones at our disposal, we shot at a distance of 2 foot and 6 foot to see the difference in audio quality based of microphone and distance, and to see which microphone works better for each location. We then had to edit the clips into a short video that showed all the clips. During this task i also learnt how to key out the background of a green screen using ultra key. The image that can be seen on the left is a demonstration of the premiere timeline.
The video helps provide insight for which microphone is best for which scenario you may come across when filming.
ADR short film
Mouse click bts
Completed edit
These are the two versions of the ADR short film, the completed edit with the ADR audio and the unedited original footage that was used.
Unedited original
1 Minute short films
Shot list hand in day
Evaluation
Shot list Ground zero
3 minute short film
This is the ore production and the scripts we wrote for the short film. We each wrote a script but ultimately chose tag as that held up the best.
Tag and feedback
In this task we had to write, film, and edit a 3 minute short film. The short films had to have a conversation between 2 characters and focused on the audio more than the visuals.