Editing Sense of Space

The editing process went very smoothly. We used the sounds recorded for the atmosphere such as the wind and walking on gravel and leaves. The sounds used to create the strange sounds the character hears were the ones recorded in my partners halls of residence. We used the "Reverb" effect with every sound to distort it but we didn't use it too much. We also used the "Compressor" effect to manage the volume levels so that the audio was of good quality. The only problem we had was with some of the recordings were only coming out of one speaker, this was because they were recorded in "Mono" and not "Stereo" we found a way of editing the recordings into "Stereo" in Sound Track Pro. I feel the final edited piece is very successful in delivering a "Sense of Space" for the audience to hear.

Sense of Space - Recording the sounds

Myself and my partner recorded all of the sounds we needed to capture for our project. We recorded all of the sounds that are going to be edited and distorted in student halls, and then I recorded the outside sounds such as running past bushes, crackling of leaves and twigs etc at a cemetry just of Ecclesall Road, this was a perfect place to record the sounds as it is a secluded place, this made it easier to capture clearer sounds and not have any interuptions and background noise. It was also a perfect place to capture the atmosphere of a forest because it was so quiet i could get the perfect sound.

Sense of Space - Sounds to edit and distort

- Radiator
- Microwave
- Oven
- Oven Timer
- Sink (Plug hole)
- Door Creaking
- Cutlery on Plates
- Squeaky Stool
- Crunching paper
- Phone Vibrate

Sense of Space - List of Sounds

- Ambient base track of woods/cemetary near Eccleshall Road
- Twigs snapping, footsteps
- Rustling leafs
- The Wind
- Brushing past trees and bushes
- Wild life
- Insects (crickets)
- Actors voice

Sense of Space - Story outline

 The Protagonist in this piece is passing through a forest or wood of some sort. As the character gets deeper in the forest sounds become more vivid and he starts to speed up, talking to himself to calm himself in this strange atmosphere. The pace builds and strange distorted sounds keep cutting up the flow of the space causing more fear in the protagonist. The sounds build and build until they come to a loud and sharp end. There will be a prolongued ambient silence until the protagonist gasps for air.

New Project - Sense of Space

Myself and my partner have decided to make a horror piece for our project in which a man is lost in the wilderness and strange sounds that would not belong in that given area will shock and jolt the protagonist as well as the audience. It was my partners idea and when describing it to me i felt it would be a great success and had no problems with it. We have decided to exaggerate sounds such as footsteps, breathing and movement, these are key aspects in making successfull horror sounds.  The distorted sounds that break up the feel of the space will be very loud and sharp, almost uncomfortable or even painful to listen too as we want them to evoke a reaction from the audience. My partner compiled a list of sounds we wish to collect and planned a time to go and collect them, also we have a script we will be working too but any dialogue will be minimal and not conversational. We dont want the conclusion to be predictable and dont want to fall in the cliche mode of "Horror" so we will have to be very precise in what we use as we want the audience to be kept at suspence.