Week 5 Tasks

BCM115

1. Before class exercises

Exercise 1: Practise listening

Kitchen:

Birds out the window: high pitch, soft dynamic, in different areas, short duration

Trees outside: rustling leaves

Neighbour’s backyard: kid’s squealing, high pitched, laughing, soft background noise

Balcony:

Waves: crashing in distance, slow tempo, sudden change when waves crash, constant sound of the tides

Cars driving past: gradually rises in loud dynamic as it passes, then when passes is soft again.

Exercise 2: Recording sounds

2. The Shining

Types of sounds e.g. music, enactment, sound effects, recordings:

Starts with a high pitch eerie noise, so we know danger is coming. Danny’s wheels tricycle, gong/symbols sounds when he reaches the girls, establish these twins aren’t good.

Structure of edits e.g. overlaid, fade in/out:

The gong sound edited in as Danny turns the corner, establishes a fearful tone. When the film switches between the girls alive and dead, the music gets louder then fades out again.

Editing patterns e.g. repetition, gaps/ silence:

The editing on the twin’s voices, stretched out, more reverb to give them a supernatural tone.

What kind of images conjured up in your mind?

I get evil connotation with the suspenseful music, accompanied by the eerie voice of the twins