Hey Hey Hey!!
Long time no see! Again!!
This week I have finished a project literally called the “sound project”. This project consisted of arranging sound effects, with a side of foley sounds, sounds created by my partner and I with everyday objects, in order to tell a story, just through sound.
We first started out our project by closing our eyes and hearing some examples. It was so cool to hear and realize that you don’t need much dialogue or even visual content to identify a storyline. After that, my partner and I got to work to create our scene that had to cover an action or story that could only happen in 1-2 minutes in real life.
We got together and thought of recreating a scene that consisted of walking to a pool party, something most of us have done several times and can mostly identify through just sound. Right after brainstorming, we put our ideas on paper, and from there we went straight to YouTube to collect our sound effects. In case you wanted to see that outline of sound effects we used, as well as how we divided our YouTube playlists of sounds, here it is !
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19IvX0VTpvmtPjaFLnotquvDrtaTfMhJhG57S3UKvq_8/edit
Besides going to YouTube to find sound effects created by others, we had to create our own, of course. I on one hand, recreated the sounds of a seatbelt unbuckling, a car door closing and the pool splashing. For the seatbelt unbuckling and car door, I just recorded myself literally unbuckling my seatbelt and opening and shutting my car door. For the pool splashing, I had a bit more fun! I filled up my bathtub with water and figured out what sounds for the perfect pool splash by hitting and moving my hands around.
After creating my foley sounds and making playlists on YouTube based on the sound effects in each scene, it was time to organize and arrange them aka editing. We finished the big thing! Here it is for you to see, or hear as I should say.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gU_vRzYrkABCTMCw-u6v6RJj2jRV9s1v/view?usp=sharing
Toodles!
