Sound Design Unit: Recording Location Sounds

I decided to begin with recording souds for my sound design artefact using things I could find around my home and in my garden. I used a H5 Zoom recorder with a directional microphone to record the sounds. I first started to record the sound of a creaking gate and realised I should play the […]

Sound Design Unit: Sound List for Wallace and Gromit Opening Sequence

The sound design of Wallace and Gromit is always something that has fascinated me and sparked my curiousity in the sound design animation world. I decided to choose a Wallace and Gromit opening sequence for my sound design artefact as I found it to have the most interesting sound design and I want to learn […]

Making Waves: The Art Of Cinematic Sound

Recently I watched a documentary called Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound by Midge Costin. The documentary explores visionary directors work with sound designers to create the most exciting cinematic experiences. Importance of Sound in a film Traditionally when we watch a film, a lot of our focus tends to be on the visuals […]

FMP Research: Writing a commercial

As I am wanting to create a commercial for my preview element of my portfolio, I decided to research into how commercials are made. I found this guide by The Startup talking about the 8 steps to creating a promotional video https://medium.com/swlh/how-to-create-a-promotional-video-707fa7a63019. Here is what I learnt from the article and the steps needed to […]

Final Major Project: Preview Research

I decided that for the preview element of my Final Major Project portfolio I would create a promo video for the device in my film – Cygnet. For my research I looked into three different commercial type videos – Adman, Black Mirror’s ‘Ashley Too’ commerical and a Sensodyne toothpaste advert. I was initially inspired by […]

Final Major Project – Finalised Idea

Working title SWAN – what inspired this title was some research about swans and how if a swan dies, it’s partner can also die from heartbreak. I thought this was quite relevant to my story as it is also someone who is suffering from heartbreak from grief. The concept/idea (precision/clarity) What is the story you want to tell? […]

Final Major Project Research – ‘Her’ (2013)

To begin my research I wanted to look at a few films about Artificial Intelligence Relationships. The first one I watched was ‘Her’ (2013), which is a film featuring Joaquin Phoenix. Plot: It is a film about a character called Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix), who is slightly introverted and awkward and is in the process of […]

Working on the ‘Tom & Jerry’ movie at Warner Bros. Studios

Last week I very gratefully got the opportunity to work as a 2nd Unit Video Trainee on a shoot day for Tom & Jerry at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden. This all came through a mutual friend of someone I knew who needed cover for their night shift (5pm-3am), and I was put forward as a […]

OB Camera at Glastonbury

A few weeks ago I worked at Glastonbury as an Outside Broadcast Camera Operator for the Gully Blues Stage. After applying to work at a few festivals though my university’s production company Solent Productions, I got offered the role as an OB Camera Op. I was so relieved when I was offered a role as […]

Work Experience With Bounce Video

This week I traveled to Oxford to assist on a shoot for Bounce Video with OxLEP skills as a production runner. I joined Grace, the Creative Director of Bounce Video, and Chris who was the videographer. The aim of the shoot was to demonstrate the different apprenticeships available through OxLEP. We interviewed Katie, who was […]