In week 3 we explored sound design and music supervision; as well as privacy concerns regarding smart speakers. I was not able to join the online classes this week, but sound design is an area of media I really enjoy. I assist volunteers at SYN Media with production elements for podcasts and radio shows such as scoring and SFX creation where necessary (being the podcast manager last year); as well as doing commissioned sound design works outside of my studies. When sound designing I consider the emotional and physical response of a sound, ala arousal and valence when using the circumplex model of emotion.

For the activity this week I created a soundscape that further communicates my ideas form the “Future Starter Pack” we created in week 1. To communicate the emotional escapism of flight simulation I used soaring digital strings and synthesisers with no foley or inclination of real world sounds. After this we hear an idea of facial recognition technology, as people walk through the slightly unsettling atmosphere of a future city, a camera identifies and ‘clears’ them with an audible beep; someone does not get cleared and we hear them pick up their pace. Finally I once again did some light scoring for my predictions of hologram advertisement, with this music being placed into the soundscape abruptly to pull the listener away from the darker scene that was just alluded to, hence predicting the bright and abrasive future ahead, with the more sinister elements peaking out in-between the wonders.