Film Class DW Entry

Wednesday, March 09, 2009

Today as the main members of our group edited together, I stood beside them on a seperate computers as they edit while I looked for sounds. My aims for this lesson was to discover a range of sounds for our Film Noir Project so that the Film's atmosphere could be built up and make the tone more fruitful in general. I have came up with a list of sounds that I plan to incorporate into our footage:
- Heels Clicking and Walking Sounds (Diegetic)
- Gulping Sounds (Diegetic)
- Clock Ticking (Non-Diegetic)
- Heartbeat (Non-Diegetic)
- Metal Clanging (Diegetic)
- Leaky Tap Dripping (Non-Diegetic)
- Some Voiceovers (Diegetic & Non-Diegetic)
To gather the sounds for the walking, heartbeat and voiceovers, I went into one of the vacant music rooms to record them using the boom-mic connected to a camera. For the walking sounds, I basically placed the boom mic on one of the surfaces then walk past it. To recreate heartbeat sounds, I basically did some contractions with my throat to create a throbbing sound.

I also collected some mandatory voiceovers - which was the beginning scene where protagonist "Jackson" thinks in his head after waking up in confusion.