Film Reflection 7

February 26 2009

This lesson, my group and I were continued to edit the soundtracks that we recorded during the previous lesson. So far, we got a few parts of the soundtracks placed in the correct place on the comic strips. Some of the soundtracks were not satisfactory, so we decided to edit some of them or re-recorded them. For example, there was a scene in the comic strip that had a picture of rocks falling off a cliff, my group and I wanted to create the sound of rocks falling of a cliff by collecting rocks and dropping them on a rocky floor. Though the outcome was not what we expected, and we were not very satisfied with it. The outcome did not sound like heavy rocks falling off a cliff, it sounded like glass being shattered onto the floor, and in the background, there were noises of buses and air conditioners. Therefore we decided to re-record that soundtrack and edit the other soundtracks slightly because those were content. Today we decided to split up in two groups, Benny and Kevin would continue to edit the soundtracks we recorded last lesson, and Clare and I worked on the documentary and record more soundtracks comic strip. We successfully recorded some of the documentary, describing what we had done so far and what we needed to redo or improve. We also recorded another sound which was meant to be wind. Clare and I used a thin piece of paper and went down to the car park to record the wind while the paper flapped. We wanted to make the sound realistic, and by adding that paper, we were able to record the sound of howling wind. Unfortunately, while we were doing the documentary, we accidentally overlapped the previous sound that we recorded. We were very frustrated, but decided to re-record it next lesson, hopefully the wind would sound as prominent as it did today. Overall, this lesson was very productive. My group and I were able to get many things done and developed the comic strip soundtracks. Our goal for next lesson would be to edit and improve the sounds that we have now therefore matching the comic strip more, making it more realistic.