Sonic Design - Project 1

 

Week 4 - Week 7 (19/04/22 - 15/05/22)

Ng Mei Ying (0340563)

Project 1: Auditory Imaging (20% Individual)

Project 2: Audio Storytelling (20% Individual)

Final Project: Short Movie Audio (30% Individual)

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📌Project 1: Auditory Imaging


Week 4 | Storyline Ideation

There's no class this week because it is a holiday. I continue to make use of the time to brainstorm the storyline for this project. Mr Razif had provided multiple options with different themes for students to choose from. I decided to do work on either the "everyday homelife" theme or the "cities & exterior atmosphere" theme. I started by listing down the simple story idea using points form for both of the selected themes. Subsequently, I booked an online consultation with Mr Razif after completing the story drafting. During the consultation, Mr Razif gave much helpful feedback that helped me draft the story better.

Storyline drafting (version 1):

Story idea 1

Story idea 2

Story idea 3

 # Consultation Note:   Can try to combine ideas 1 and 2 together to enrich the whole storyline. Start browsing and look for a suitable audio file.

Week 5 | Refined Storyline

Storyline drafting (version 2):

After getting some feedback from my lecturer, I refined and combined the existing story ideas 1 & 2. I had removed some of the repetitive storylines and add on some description details to the story. Below was the pdf of the story drafting with the required sound effects highlighted in red.

Week 6 | Audio Selection & Trial Editing

This week, I did sound audio research and collection on different websites. I imported the sound files into adobe audition after collecting a sufficient amount of sound files for the project. Below is some of the process of my sound sequence arrangement and testing adobe audition. Some simple sound effect such as hard limiter and parametric equalizer was applied to certain sound sequences.

Sound Edit Version 1 (part 1)

Sound Edit Version 1 (part 2)

Sound Export (Version 1)

 # Consultation Note:   According to the feedback given by Mr Razif, he pointed out that the birds' sounds shouldn't be the same when the character was indifferent space (should make the sound muffle). Furthermore, the sound should have more reverb and echo in the bathroom. Lastly, I should make the story shorter and continue to refine the sound editing.

Week 7 | Final Editing & Submission

To ensure the duration of sound did not exceed the given timeframe, I did some changes to the sound arrangement and also the time stretching. Subsequently, I did some final adjustments to the sound effect such as the bathroom echo sound when the character was brushing her teeth in the bathroom. Below is the final sound editing process in adobe audition as well as the final multitrack sound export.

Process of sound editing: sound sequences arrangement (part 1)

Process of sound editing: sound sequences arrangement (part 2)

Process of sound editing: sound panning is applied (part 1)

Process of sound editing: sound panning is applied (part 1)

Sound Export (Final Version)