Production Schedule

Date	What SFX’s?	Equipment	Props etc
22nd – 02 - 2012	Today I recorded the ‘Hits’ which is one of the most common SFX in this extract	I used a Sony Voice Recorder (Dictaphone) to record the individual sound and also used Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5 to edit the footage.	Two Bricks
29th – 02 - 2012	Hits Take Two	Same as before but this time using a different angle of recording and less violent hits with the bricks	Two Bricks
7th – 03 – 2012	Today I will be taking SFX off of the internet to include into the edit.	The sites that I have used were: http://www.grsites.com/archive/sounds/ http://www.freesfx.co.uk/
14th – 03 – 2012	Today I will be taking SFX off of the internet again to include into the edit.	This is just to make sure that I have the best quality of SFX
21st – 03 – 2012	EDITING	My laptop – CS5.5	N/A
28th – 03 - 2012	EDITING	My laptop – CS5.5	N/A

Evaluation - Cartoon

In this project we had to create a soundtrack to an extract from Tom and Jerry. We did this by using existing sound effect that were found online and by recording our own using a voice recorder. I personally feel that the scores and sound effects that I used were appropriate and fitting to the visual which enable the watching audience to be engrossed in the brilliant animation. I used and created lots of different effects and even tried to create some Foley style SFX by using two bricks for the hits and an attempt for teeth shattering were i dropped loads of pins and small stones on a metal tray, which didn't work very well. I believe that the imagery and the sound elements that were put together compliment each other really well as they enable the audience to relax and enjoy the visuals without having to concentrate on the audio, which adds to the humor really well. I feel happy with the overall result as I feel that I chose appropriate sound effects which compliment the visuals. If I were to do this again I would want to use a better recording device such as a condenser mic as the voice recorders microphone was really poor and picked up a lot of background noise and due to the 'Automatic Gain Control' (AGC) causes a lot of issues.

Analysis of a Clip

Doctor Who Extract – Mise En Scene

The extract that I chose to deconstruct was from Doctor Who, when the Master attempting to change the world however he was stopped by the Arc Angel Network and the entirety of the Human race who chanted the word ‘Doctor’ to enable the release of David Tennant (Doctor Who).

I personally thought that this extract stresses Class and Status more so than any other, this is shown through all aspects of Mise En Scene. To start with, the costumes that were used emphasised many things:

·         Power

·         Dominance

·         Weakness

·         Working Classes

The use of location also had a significant effect to the sequence and this was because it set the scene and context of the program, episode and its conventions.

The added use of SFX to support the lighting of the scene also adds to the quality of visuals and audiences’ interpretation of what is happening in specific parts of the clip. Lighting is an incredibly important part of the cinematography aspect but also determines the mood of your shot.

Preparing to work with SFX

I think that we use SFX in TV and Film because the use of it helps to add to the depth of the audio and the overall piece - together with the visuals. Another reason is because it is hard to record the actual 'on set' audio and still have the same level of volume, control and power in post due to the other background noises and directors directions, safety announcers etc.
The main advantages of using SFX is that, when done properly sound amazing, incredibly realistic and hard for the common audience to actually distinguish the difference between sound that is put in Post and on set recorded sound.

NOT FINISHED

2nd time Improvement

We have looked at the footage that we have re-shot and I personally think that the overall visual and audio quality is much better. This can be shown by the clearness of the audio and the natural levels that it was recorded in. This is because we took the location, excess noise - both natural and avoidable noise and the presenters natural voice volume. Doing so I think that by taking the above into consideration, that the quality was far better than our first attempt.

New Equipment to improve

After reviewing our footage of our News short bulletin, we realised that there are several things that we could do to achieve a better quality of sound.

These are:

 - Make sure the levels are slightly higher
 - Monitor audio better using over ear headphones
 - Use Clip on Mics to try and achieve a closer audio
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Reviewing out footage

Inside - class room: We filmed a part of our news story in a class room at college. This went very well and we didn't experience any problems with filming in this location. The sound came out perfect and there was no visual problems with it either.

Outside - car park: For our news story we also filmed in a car park for the outside shots. We did experience some problems in this location as the car was facing the sun so the shadow of the camera and tripod on the bonnet of the car. The sound was fine in the car as well as we positioned the mic in the car.

Noisy - toilet: We also filmed in the college toilets for our news story. In this location the visuals were fine but we experienced problems with the audio. When we uploaded our footage the was no sound for this part of the news story.