Sound Exploration: Sound part 2

Sound of lighting lighter.

Sound of boiling kettle.

Sound of picking up keys.

In creating the final sound piece slight changes where made in which once collecting a range of sounds needed Imogen and I both discussed that with the sounds we currently have there was no where near enough time to include a car crash into the final ending. We  decided in keeping the idea of having an argument taking place but the character would just escape the chaos by sitting in their car with a cigarette. In removing the car crash concept we created two difference sound pieces with different endings, the first was the character leaving their house, getting into the car whilst huffing, breathing heavily as they're filled with stress and emotions, lighting a cigarette and smoking the anger away. The second was the character leaves the house gets into the car and turns on the radio, flickering through different channels before finds the perfect song. Since the removal of the car crash we also had to create more things happening in the household such as boiling the kettle, making tea, the sound of the dog barking, picking up keys. This made the sound in my opinion be more believable and work better. In editing our final sounds nor Imogen or I had used Garage Band before in editing any form of sounds so it was all new to us, we watched various tutorials we taught us ways to edit certain things as well as both of us working out things for ourselves. With these alternate endings we had a choice between the both in deciding which felt right for the story we where portraying, as a result we decided on the first sound. I felt personally that the first sound flowed much better with the concept of leaving and escaping from whatever was in the house, the peaceful sound of the rain against the car, the inhale of the cigarette calming down the character, the sound of heavy breathes was something which I liked a lot.

Editing sounds in Garage Band.

In editing this we had cropped and layered sounds to create a nice flow as each sound faded in and out, with sounds such as the kettle boiling, and the argument taking place these where cropped and layered with the volume being risen and lowered through out to become that much more effective. The continuos barking noise of the dog had been lengthened through out the argument enhancing that chaotic feel whilst in the household creating tension even more. The sound of the rain was layered and volume lifted high which created the heavy rain effect, as well as a light sound of a distant siren in the back ground which we thought sounded good as you never really know what that siren sound could be for. Whilst in the car the sound of the lighter volume was turnt up high which enabled that sound of the sparks to be heard, as well as the sound of the deep inhale of the cigarette being smoked which represented the stress and anger. All sounds both faded in and out of each other as we felt it made the sound neater and flowed better. Over all I am throughly pleased with the sound we made as I have not done this before and it enabled me to have an understanding of how sound works. Also how much of an impact sound has whether being within a film or a sound piece on its own, it can have just as much effect without a visual aspect.

First sound we created, this was our chosen sound for our sound journey.

Second sound we created.