PERSONAL REFLECTION
For this in-class assignment, my appreciation for sound is heightened. I realised due to the abundance of sounds in our environment, I tend to mute out the unpleasant noise so it doesn’t bother me. After the exercise of recording various types of sounds using a Zoom H4N Recorder with Whitney, I’m more attentive to the sounds in my surroundings and I can’t sleep at night because I’m super sensitive to the chirping and clicking sounds of cicada in my dorm area ):
I realised there’s always sound in our surrounding even when we perceived it as silence due to the echoes in a room. There’s only true silence when we’re dead, in my opinion. After the lecture in class, what strikes me the most is this phrase “Films are 50% visual and 50% sounds”. Sound have a high importance in film as it can be used to reinforce or manipulate the visuals.
Foley (named after sound-effects artist Jack Foley) is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to film, video, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality.
In-Class Assignment
Listen to the sounds of your body while moving.
Going up the stairs :
Try to move, without making any sound. Is it possible?
Whitney’s heartbeat – There’s still a faint rhythmic sound created by our heart pumping:
Which is the quietest sound of your body?
Eyeblinking:
Lead your ears away from your own sounds
Listen to the sounds nearby.
Faint buzzing/static sound from the corridor – I didn’t notice that there’s this sound in ADM Level 2 corridor:
What do you hear?
What else do you hear?
Other people
People talking/chattering:
Nature sounds
Exiting the ADM building – You can hear the mechanical sound of the door and wind gushing in:
Mechanical sounds
Rhythmic clock ticking:
How many Continuous sounds continuous continuous sounds continuous
Beeping sound from the card reader in ADM:
Can you detect
Interesting rhythms
Crunching & Munching:
Regular beats
Typing on the keyboard of a phone:
The highest
Strong static/buzzing noise:
The lowest pitch
Opening of Blue Ray CD Slot:
Do you hear any
Intermittent or discrete sounds
Aircon – Sound of vastness and emptiness of the corridor:
Rustles
Rustling of leaves:
Bangs
Knocking on metal dustbin:
Swishes
Washing hands:
Thuds
Rubber band smacking:
What are the sources of the different sounds?
Flushing toliet – When you close your eyes, it’s really relaxing and you can manipulate into a sound of a waterfall. My personal favourite:
Lead you ears away from these sounds and listen beyond—–into the distance.
What is the quietest sound?
What else do you hear?
What else?
Ignition of lighter: