Audio Only Project Ideas

AUDIO ONLY PROJECT IDEAS

1.    Documentary audio style interviews:

·         Interviewing the public

- Their thoughts and concerns about their daily routine in a morning (realistic reactions and a larger range of information to use)

- Something embarrassing that has happened to them when getting ready in a morning (this would generate entertaining information but some people could not want to discuss embarrassing situations with a stranger)

- Something that has gone wrong in a morning (slightly less embarrassing and would generate an entertaining response)

·         Audio vox-pop style (Research vox-pops)

- Short responses ("quality not quantity" replies)

- A large number of responses

- A wide range of different people (kids, students, workers, OAPs)

2.    Based on one man's thoughts of his upcoming day (from waking up through the process of his routine in the morning getting ready)

- Possibly restricted to the amount of entertaining information to talk about and use in the script.

- The Actor will read a script which represents the characters' thoughts throughout their getting ready process.

Atmosphere Sound

·         Bedroom atmos' stereo sound

- Establish the awakening in the bedroom (this will then transition into the bathroom atmos' stereo sound when he walks into the bathroom).

·         (Possibly) Landing or Hallway atmos' (footsteps from the bedroom to the bathroom)

·         Bathroom atmos' stereo sound

- Principally to capture the tones of the room which will be used as base atmos' noise to add mono spot effect sounds.

Mono Spot Sounds

Mono sounds to set the location, time and place (bedroom, morning time):

- Wake up alarm (sets the time and place)

- Huff and puff (the man moaning and showing that waking up early for his daily routine is a negative)

- Duvet (Pulling of the duvet and getting out of bed)

- Footsteps walking (across the hall to the bathroom)

- Birds tweeting outside (sets morning scene)

Mono sounds showing the process of someone getting ready in a bathroom in a morning:

- Toothbrush (brushing teeth) - Electric or manual

- Toilet (flushing / lid going up or down)

- Tap running (cleaning face / brushing teeth)

- Electric Shaver (shaving face)

- Mouthwash (swishing around the mouth / gargling)

- Shower (noise of the water / feet slipping on the shower floor surface)

- Ripping Toilet Paper (blowing nose)

Audio Only Breakdown

Creative Media Practice Project BREAKDOWN (Deadline 19^th Dec)

·         Individual Research Blog

·         3 Minute Audio Only Project

·         3 Min Experimental Project

·         Self-Assessment Mark Sheet

RESEARCH BLOG

Include:

1.    Project and Ideas development

2.    Project Planning e.g. - (mind maps / treatments / sound plans or maps / recording lists / audio timeline / story boards / shot-lists / camera and sound logs / edit planning / timelines / call sheets / schedules

3.    Analysis of films / sound works

4.    Influences e.g. - (imagery / printed screen grabs / exhibition material / references to materials on the reading list / evidence of engagement with film theory)

5.    The final chapter of the blog will be a 2000 word evaluation at the end of the semester reflecting on the process of making your project work.

AUDIO ONLY PROJECT (SENSE OF PLACE)

We will be working in groups of 2. We will each need to take a designated role on this production…

1.    Sound Recordist

2.    Sound Editor

Brief: Create a 3-MINUTE AUDIO ONLY SOUNDSCAPE ON THE THEME - 'SENSE OF PLACE'

Ideas

·         Bathroom sounds of someone getting ready in a morning for their day (voiceover about his upcoming daily troubles)

·         Atmosphere Stereo sound - Train station(waiting for a train) / Football Ground (watching a football match) /

This piece of work will be a stand-alone piece as well as being the basis for our next piece of work and will submitted as a separate audio CD

EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT

In our pair we need to assign each other a role for this production…

1.    Camera

2.    Edit

Brief: Create a 3 MINUTE EXPERIMENTAL FILM

The starting point for our EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT will be our AUDIO ONLY PROJECT - which will provide the inspiration and serve as a soundtrack for our EXPERIMENTAL PROJECT.

·         Research into the rich area of experimental film and video.

1.    Research 2 experimental films as part of this research and give evidence of this and that you have engaged with the ha ndout from the taught session on your research blog. (Love me or leave me alone & Steel Homes)

·         Demonstrate a considered and thoughtful approach giving context to the visual element of the work.

STUDENTSHIP

We will be assessed on STUDENTSHIP which is…

·         Your individual level of engagement with the module

·         Working in collaboration with others to complete project work

·         Demonstrating the ability to work in a self-directed way

This will be assessed through… taught sessions / tutorials / end of semester evaluation / self-assessment mark sheet.

MARKSHEET

Required to reflect on your own learning and progress in a self-evaluation and self-assessment mark sheet… Marking according to each of the criteria and writing a few brief comments explaining why I've awarded myself that grade in each area.

PRESENTATION

Our pair will deliver a 5 Minute critical presentation of our work

·         Introduce and present our finished work in front of our tutor and our group.

·         Explanation of what we aspired to achieve within the work

·         Critically analyse if we achieved our aspired aim