The power of sound

 

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Photo Credit: Nico Clemente via Compfight cc

The violin is my favourite instrument, hence the opening graphic.

Visuals can be stunningly beautiful. From the natural landscapes of the world, to the precisely planned mise-en-scene of a film. What you see can alter your perception of particular things in life, whether it’s a movie or something you’ve encountered in everyday life. Seeing a flower flutter in the wind can cause a sense of serenity and peacefulness, while seeing a person defeat a sworn enemy in battle can feel empowering and motivating. Visuals can make a viewer feel a wide range of different feelings and emotions – to an extent. While visually seeing a battle unfold right in front of you can cause a strong sense of power, the addition of sound can help; and even enhance the emotions felt through a particular scene within a movie.

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The magic of microphones

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Photo Credit: jac malloy via Compfight cc

The lectorial for week four centred around audio. We discussed things relating to how audio affects its listeners, how its recorded and with what equipment. Rachel Wilson – who did the bulk of the talking for the lectorial, stated that the things we were learning only scratched the surface of what audio encompasses, and that some courses allow students to study audio for a total of three years or more. If that doesn’t explain how difficult and complex audio is, then I don’t know what will. Now interestingly enough, the thing that interested me most about the lectorial; wasn’t even in the lectorial.

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The importance of audio

In this weeks workshop, we covered a number of things. First of all, we all showed our finished self-portraits, and it was very interesting to see everyone else’s idea of ‘identity’. I was fascinated about how everyone approached this task. Some were abstract, some were quite simple, and others were just weird (like mine!). One thing I did notice was that a lot of people used a birds-eye view of themselves walking. Another common shot was a close-up of tea/coffee being poured.

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Photo Credit: alideniese via Compfight cc

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What is identity? (Project brief two)

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If you haven’t recalled, project brief one gave us media students the task of collecting multiple ‘media artefacts’ that represented our identities in some way or form. Here’s a link to that project, if you haven’t already seen it. Why am I mentioning this project? Well, project brief two required us to – again, recreate our identity using media. Only this time, we had to edit all the media artefacts as one cohesive piece using Adobe Premiere Pro.

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