Soundtrack

Once we began piecing together the selected bits of audio, our idea started to become easier to visualise what we wanted it to sound like as a final project. Although it has been done several times, we wanted to be able to make it play as a tune as apposed to random sounds. We looked at some different examples of others work in order to gather some inspiration.
Of course in Soundtrack Pro, you are given the ability to change the sound of something in many different as unusual ways, so we think that is something we would like to consider when making it our sense of place project.

Experimental films

In a recent seminar we looked at what makes an experimental film. We looked at historical ones and also contemporary ones. One of the historical experimental films is called An Optical Poem by Oskar Fishchinger. 

I quite liked this one, in the way that it was in time with the music was effective. In some ways it reminded me of Disney's Fantasia in the way that it seems to portray the music through the motion of the visuals. 

Another of the historical experimental films is Ballet Mecanique by Fernand Leger. This one was less to my taste, as I found the music to it almost stressful and hard to listen to, which may or may not have been Leger's intention. Despite this, visually it made to be a very interesting watch.

After viewing these experimental films, it has given me an idea as to what direction I believe my group and I should head in. Without a narrative, it might be fun to try and fit the moving image in with the soundtrack in a way that is almost like music. It might be hard to create a sound track that is completely in time but I think if it was done well it would work. 

Sense of Space - Audio Ideas

After mind mapping for the audio part of the sense of space project, I thought it would be a good idea to try out some objects in my room that could make some interesting sounds. Objects such as a stapler or the clicking of a pen, could be made into the sound of something completely different. After experimenting with several objects,
I decided to look at using objects to make a specific sound. The idea for this came from one of our sounds sessions, where we were attempting to make the sound of a door slam into an passing aircraft using Sound Track Pro.
I then decided to research some sound designers to see if I could gather inspiration from them. The first one that I found was that of John Hurt. It is a short piece but it gave me a first look into other ways of experimenting with sound.

I found this useful as a first look into sound design, and because of this I decided to look at more complex structures of sound design. The animated film WALL-E is a film that had never even crossed my mind when it comes to sound. However, when I came across a special features clip on the sound design for it on youtube, I found myself surprised at how much goes into it. What shocked me the most is the creation of Eva's laser gun was in fact from the striking of a outstretched slinky.