Techniques for Project Brief 3

In our tutorial for week 6, Rachel went through some basics about coverage and sound recording to help us with the technical aspect of Project Brief 3.

Coverage

  • Interview
    • Camera setup: master camera (see the whole scene), additional cameras focus on specific aspects of the scene
  • Going about daily business
  • What’s going on in the environment
  • Close-ups of eyes, hands, etc. demonstrating a person’s subconscious behaviours

Sound Recording

  • Simplest form – changes in air pressure that changes depending on spatial orientation
  • Sound vs. Noise
    • Sound: intentional, public, specifically listen to it
    • Noise: unintentional, surrounds us
  • Hearing vs. Listening
    • Hearing: surrounds us, may try to block it out
    • Listening: intentional, pay attention, specific source
  • 3 main types of sound (all influenced by our own perceptions):
    • Music
    • Speech
    • Sounds
  • Space
    • 3-dimensional (think about depth, breadth, height)
    • Gain perspective by listening to the sound (decipher where the sound was recorded, the distance of the recording device/microphone from the sound source, how the sound was recorded – type of microphone, sound/noise ratio)
  • Reverb: multiple reflections of the same sound – direct and reflected sound
  • Signal sound should be loud in relation to the noise – largely dependent on the microphone used to record and the environment where the sound was recorded
  • Microphones
    • Dynamic – common, cheap, frequency not great
    • Condenser – much more sensitive, better signal-to-noise ratio)

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