thoughts on project 1b

i thought that creating the soundscape was a great project. it's true, i had never before spent so much time focused on sound, as typically the image is the predominant focus of "movie-making." it really put into perspective how important sound is/can become/should be, and the great lengths you can take an idea like that to.

joselyn and i had alot of fun doing it, although due to our crazy schedules, we weren't actually able to work with each other a whole lot. but what was great is that our different styles of work worked out wonderfully with us as partners. the idea of the soundscape kind of scared me at first, because i was thinking "what will i do with an entirely blank slate, and 160 sound effects?" well... joselyn solved that, because she laid most of the foundation. built up to three minutes, but in no way an actual soundscape, she spent alot of that time taking bits and pieces of sound, expanding and condensing them, reversing them and chopping them up, and doing who knows how many other different things. so by the time i got in there, there was already an awesome amount of stuff for me to play around with. so thats what i did... i had the task of picking out the highlights (some of which i'm still not sure how she actually created) and then making into a little bit more of a "story" for your ears, including sound mixing (lots of tweaking of levels, adding fades in and out, etc....) and creating fluidity. and so once we had our basic soundscape, we took turns finessing it into what became our final project.

the creation process was really fun. there were times in the editing lab when i had to leave, but really didn't want to because i was getting so involved in what was starting to happen in the timeline. but, it was an incredibly time consuming project, as i probably spent 10-12 hours in the lab just on my own.

but in the end, it was all worth it. i think our final product was very close to our initial vision (? - translation into auditory sensation: audition?) of what we wanted, and i feel like we certainly achieved the creepy and disturbed feeling of a doll hospital.

can't wait to see how the final projects turn out!!