April 17-21 weekly work

Session Number 5
Week Number 4
Total Estimated Hours Contributed this Week: 3
What was your overall goal for this week? Start production

Work Tasks 

Date Task Description Time Spent Was this a Best Practice? 
4/17Conduct test shoots with phone1 hr yes
4/18Finish editing test shoot films and watch them as a class1 hr yes
4/19Brainstorm about soundtrack and the direction we wanted to go with the film 30 mins yes
 4/20Research other similar soundtracks and influences 15 minsno
 4/21Working on late blog posts 15 mins no

Personal Comments (Optional) 

Are there any other comments you would like to include? If so, please enter them here: August was gone and we’ve been on lock in so we cant really do anything in production

Nescience – Sound Designer Pre-production Journal

Summary

In this film, it’s a minimal to a no dialogue type film. It will be expressed with sound effects and foley sounds. One cinematic story element is using surreal sounds (38). The character in. my scene is going to have a flashback moment and the sound will represent his inner thoughts/hallucinations.

Test Recordings

  • Slap-too loud and not lower in tone enough
  • footsteps-too crunchy
  • footsteps-a different walking surface

Equipment Checklist

  • Boom mic
  • ADR
  • Camera
  • Lights
  • Clipboard
  • Phone

Recording Workflow

Location Maps

Filming Location 

  • Hallway
  • Greenroom

Foley Sounds

  1. Footsteps
  2. Thump/hit on the head
  3. Shuffling/rustling
  4. Faint guitar strum
  5. Guy falling on the ground
  6. Flashbacks

Discussions with Director

Influences from other Films

 Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn on The Quiet Place. I liked how in their film, they brought out different sound effects in a minimal dialogue film. The sound effects bring out the tension in the scenes.

What I Learned and Problems I Solved