SUMMARY
Role
Sound Designer
Intention (SMART Goal) for the Session
By March 1, as part of TEAM 1 as a sound designer, I will have evidence of having a soundtrack/score for our film by following How to Compose Cinematic Music (in 7 easy steps) for Session 4.
PRE-PRODUCTION – INQUIRY
Leader(s) in the Field / Exemplary Work(s)
Primary
Secondary
Training Source(s)
Ben Burtt is a talented sound designer well known for the sound production and design of the Star Wars movies. He uses very interesting techniques for a lot of the sounds in these films.
- step 1 – Choosing a Key and Chord Progression 01:47 –
- Step 2 -Introduce Long Strings 02:58 –
- Step 3 – Using Short Spiccato Strings 04:09 –
- Step 4 – Writing a Melody 06:47 –
- Step 5 – Adding a Counter Melody 07:50 –
- Step 6 – Using Orchestration to add Intensity 08:56 –
- Step 7 – Ending your piece as it began 09:21 – Play through of whole piece with notation
Project Timeline
Pre-production Milestones
- Fill out the project tracking sheet.
- Finish and present the pitch.
- Finish the storyboard and structure the story.
Production Milestones
- The script is done.
- Capture all sound and footage.
- Edit the film together fully.
Post-production
- Finish the slideshow.
- Present the film to peers.
- Present the film to professionals.
- Finish the blog post completely.
Proposed Budget
Evidence of Team Planning and Decisions
The storyboard.
Concept art of the aliens in the film.
PRODUCTION – ACTION
The (FILM, SOUND, or GAME Creation)
This film is about a man saving people from aliens, with unique lighting, a cool soundtrack, and intense scenes.
Skills Commentary
POST-PRODUCTION – REFLECTION
21st Century Skills
Ways of Thinking (Creativity, Innovation, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving)
There was a point where we had audio missing for a scene so we had to do ADR instead. We had our editor go back and edit when doing certain scenes that he wasn’t in so that he would have more time to edit.
Ways of Working (Communication & Collaboration)
whenever there was a problem regarding missing sound or bad audio, I would tell my team so we could find out ways to solve it.
Tools for Working (Info & Media Literacy)
I took inspiration from old alien/sci-fi movies for the soundtrack. Not really anything in specific, just the overall sound you would think of with an alien movie.
Ways of Living in the World (Life & Career)
During this session, I learned how to communicate better and solve problems before they became too bad.
Reactions to the Final Version
All of the professionals said that the characters didn’t really matter, or that they didn’t really care about the character because there wasn’t really any context or background as to who they were. They also said the transitions could have been a little better. I think Keith also said the music or the film reminded him of a David Lynch film, which is pretty cool.
Self-Evaluation of Final Version
Overall I think we did a pretty decent Job. There were some issues with missing audio and poor audio quality. That didn’t really affect the film all that much though, as I was able to capture more audio. I think the soundtrack for the film turned out pretty good. The production was pretty good, but the story could use more character-building.
Grammar and Spelling
Grammarly.
Editor
Emerson