Week 4 - Brighton Sounds

Week 4 task: Recording sound in Brighton

This week we were assigned the task of getting different sound sin Brighton. I booked out the Sennheisser mic and the hydrophone. We used the Sennheisser to get street sounds, bicycle noises, general atmospheric sounds, footsteps on the beach, footsteps on the pavement.

We used  the Hydrophone to get sounds of the sea and under water

Week 4 - Jack Foley Presentation

In week 4 Maddie Tod and I presented our presentation to the class. Our presentation was about Jack Foley.

Week 3 - Hydrophone

Sound and Image 

Hydrophone -

Here we used the hydrophone to get sounds we couldn't necessarily get with the other mics, as the hydrophone is a microphone designed to be put in liquid.  Here we put it in a cup of coke.

We then listened to the sounds on the computer and realised the sound of the bubbled sounded like frying bacon.

Week 2 - Senheiser K6

Senheiser K6 - 

In week 2 we took out the senheiser K6 and went out around campus recording different sounds. 

We used this specific mic because it enabled us to capture sounds a normal mic could not. As this mic picks up sounds from further away making it sound clear.  

Week 2 - 2 film clips

We looked at 2 different film clips where the sound struck out to us or we were interested in because of the sound.

Below are the 2 clips I considered.



The first one is from the 2014 film Whiplash.

Supervising sound mixer Ben Wilkins, Production sound mixer Thomas Curley, foley mixer Scott Curtis, Sound Editor Lauren Hadaway, music by Justin Hurwitz

All sound in this scene is diegetic
Synchronous sound







The 2nd clip is a clip from The great gatsby.
There is both diegetic and non diegetic sound.
Nick's narration starts off as Diegetic and continues as a Voice over.

Week 1 - Introduction to Sound

Introduction to Sound

In our first session we covered what different sounds there are in films.
Below is a list of some of them.

• Synchronous sound - matches the visual imagery
• Diegetic - Visible on screen and heard by characters
• Non diegetic - Not visible on screen and can not be heard by characters eg - music
• Voice over - This is when there is a piece of narration but itdoes not match the image, 
• Symbolic sound - When a sound carries meaning in itself. Eg : sound from Jaws that appears right before the shark attacks. This sound has its own meaning and therefore tells the viewers that soemthing bad is about to happen. 
• Direct sound
• Looping/dubbing - 
• Actual sound
• Bridge - This is a type of sound editing, when one sound carries over from one clip to the next.
• Wild sound 
• Optical sound 
• Sound motif 
• Soundtrack

History of Sound

'The Jazz Singer' 1980, directed by Richard Fleischer and Sidney J. Furie - First feature film with using live sound / dialogue



Below is a video explaining the history of sound at the movies.





YT Channel - Filmmaker IQ