Being assigned a project like this one was very challenging at first. No directions. No leading ideas. Just be creative. So that’s exactly why I did. I started storyboarding a halloween skit that I thought of in class. From there all the marbles fell into place. Although I will say that when I had my finished script leaving class, when it came time to shoot the film lots of things changed. There was a plot developed into the story, multiple shots were changed, and this is where the feeling changed as well. Shooting this video was not only a very fun experience but I learned a lot about which shots I was able to use for what I was trying to create. I also realized how long each individual shot would take on its own. Learning to work with actors (in this case my mom) was also a very interesting process on its own. I had to learn to cooperate with ideas that they felt should be involved in this film and how I would be able to incorporate the film and on the spot ideas. Shooting this video took 2 days from start to finish and I couldn’t be happier with the final product with the time provided.
Category Archives: 2022 FALL
17, 5 second timelapses
Above is my video for Project 5 which includes seventeen five second timelapses. A number of the timelapses are shorted in length by speeding them up in Premiere to match the theme of five for the project and in this particular case, five seconds. All of these shots are available for sale on a number of stock video sites so because of that almost no one has seen them except for potential customers. I think out of all of them I have made only a couple of sales partly because some of them are editorial only footage and can’t be used for commercial purposes.
In Premiere I added a short title and a shot list at the end. I think if I was to do it again I would change it to add a quick intro to each location before each shot. As it stands now viewers of interest have to scrub back to each timelapse after the end of the video if they want to see which location is which. Also the timelapses were assembled in After Effects so they could be sold as 4k footage so the video can be viewed in 4k as well.
-danaan
An Ode to Shrek 2 – P3 Audio
When initially starting this assignment I was planning to record an Aesop’s fable, but after a rewatch of one of my favorite movies, Shrek 2, inspiration struck and I decided to utilize this project to honor a true cinematic work of art.
I had an amazing time working on this project! My goal was to create something that was unique, silly, and fun to listen to. Though the premise for my audio project is a bit absurd, I do feel as though the lyrics tell a story of a girl trying to prove to the world that Shrek 2 is the best Shrek in the series. I composed the project in GarageBand using a Snowball microphone to record vocals and a MIDI keyboard to create the instrumentals. The project ended up becoming much bigger than I imagined, but I think that the effort was worth it.
The two most time consuming aspects of this project were writing the lyrics and mixing the many layers together so that nothing felt out of place. Overall, I feel like I succeeded in my goal of creating a subtly argumentative piece that is also an entertaining listen. I hope everyone enjoys listening to it as much as I did creating it.
By: Nina Soldati
5 Years…
- By Annie Perkins
I think the message in this video is clear. If we do not have our planet, then we have nothing. It’s important to keep these things in mind ESPECIALLY during election times.
It was extremely disturbing how easy this video was to make. I didn’t have to search very hard, and I didn’t even use a quarter of the footage I archived. I think everyone can see the impending doom upon the horizon if huge steps are not taken immediately. But what can we do about it? The longer we wait, the harder it will be to come back from this. We have been breathing the toxic smokey Pacific Northwest air every Summer. We are witnessing the effects already in just FIVE YEARS.
Bully your representatives into taking action, and VOTE.
P4 Audio – Kaiden Kuntz
I was mainly hoping to tell this story in a super serious sounding way in order to emphasize the goofy joke that I decided to write for it. I have heard quite a few ‘spooky’ podcasts, so I knew what I had in my mind when I decided to go with the scary route for this assignment. The music and the sound effects were all used with this in mind, specifically because I wanted to hook the audience in order to make the lead up to the actual joke that much more effective. Overall, I think I could do a better job if I gave it another go. I feel like I have a little more experience with combining audio than I did before, so I imagine that I’d probably be able to balance the audio out in a better way. I’ve made stop motion videos where I decided to add sound effects to them, but that usually doesn’t entail too much work because each sound effect is fairly separated from one another. So, while this isn’t the first time that I’ve worked with audio, it was a bigger project and there was more overlapping of background audios that I had to do in order to put it together.
Also, I referred to Mixkit for nearly all of my audio, which is a great online resource for both music and sound.
By Kaiden Kuntz
The Owl and The Grasshopper
P4 Audio project
What I was trying to accomplish with this audio was to be able to tell the story in a peaceful way. I really wanted to have a peaceful audio that draws emotion and grabs attention. This poem is “no difference” By Shell Sivertsen, and the person reading it is me! The other audio I record was the light switch! Found the other audios on the website Freesound (https://freesound.org/browse/). I had a lot of fun With this audio Project and hope everyone likes it!
I do Have to say that I wasn’t that happy that the poem wasn’t that long and was a little worried that it wasn’t going to work for the project. With saying that I am starting to really enjoy editing and putting together audio. The other thing I am starting to get over is recording my own voice, I have never like my voice when Listen to videos and for me to say that I am getting over that is a big achievement for me. I’m really looking forward to what I’m going to be learning for the rest of the class! Like I said before, I hope everyone likes it as much as I do!
~Alyssah Trautman
Online Review
My main goal was to create a dramatic, yet funny audio about something we can all relate to. I wanted to bring out that feeling of desperation a person feels when they want to expose someone publicly or just be heard after an unpleasant experience.
I tried to match my voice to what I would imagine someone like this sounds like when they’ve had enough.
I actually read reviews online before I shop somewhere, and I read them outloud in different funny voices, just to get a good laugh out of it, so this was one of those moments that kind of came naturally to me.
This was my very first time ever creating something like this, and I really enjoyed making this project. I laughed at myself a lot, and felt like all sounds blended well together. I got a few sounds from freesound.org, but most of them I created myself. It’s amazing how most sounds we make sound different when we record them, and have to find different objects to recreate them to make them sound authentic. Big learning experience, and looking forward to creating more in the future.
By: Sandra Osorio
Voice thing P4
For this project I wanted to make something cool that was inspired by something I like, and content I enjoy. Projects like this are to me: tedious; and it helps to be doing something you enjoy, spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. This project was inspired by the internet writing community known as the “SCP Foundation” which centers around a fictional organization that captures horrible creatures beyond understanding. The main inspiration for this projects format was a youtuber by the name of “TheVolgun” who does very similar audio drama’s covering the entry’s on the SCP foundation wiki.
My goal in this project was to possibly introduce some people to the concept of SCP and grow peoples awareness of so good horror media, although I have to admit the greatest drive to finish this project is to get credit. I do not think I performed immaculately during this experience, and looking back there I things I would have changed, namely getting a better microphone, and using a stronger speaking voice, but what’s done is done. The least I could hope to accomplish in an artistic sense is raise some interest within listeners, people wanting to learn more about an interesting writing community. Here’s to a passing grade.
-Max Ryan
A Robot Enters A Bar, Is Poisoned, And Dies
This project was personally a lot of fun. I had planned on making a much more vague and spooky story, but this was my first time using Audition so I tried to keep it simple yet interesting. By the time I was done with this project, I had a much greater understanding of Audition, and audio editing as a whole. It’s a bit of a weird one, and the cover photo was generated by AI because why not have some fun with it. A lot of the weird noises are just my own voice, but distorted beyond recognition. The song was Gregorian Chant by Carlos Estella, and I licensed it through Adobe Stock. I thought that it added an interesting contrast to the robot noises and made the nonsensical ending very emotional. I made footsteps, door opening, and chair sitting noises from themselves because they were readily available. I did originally try to make them from other noises like a Foley artist might, but I couldn’t find the right sounds. I will try to incorporate the audio skills that I learned during this project in future projects because it was a very good opportunity to be creative.
By Sam Kruse