Questions and Answers

We watched listened to number of sounds today in session. Sound is never something that II really ever think about when I'm making movies though it is essentially 50% of the final product, next to the visual element of course. So having a assignment that was based solely on sound was a bit daunting.

The sounds we listened to that i am going to analyse include......
Meat Factory Ear Worms by Richie Beirne; http://www.rte.ie/radio1/curiousear/1189669.html

How Many Layers are included in the "Sound-scape"?
There seems to be a maximum of three or four sounds happening at once. The narration, usually the sound of the song that keeps being mentioned, then in most cases the general atmospheric sounds of the meat factory. It depends on the situation.

What ambient or "Atmes" tracks are included?
The sound of the meat factory namely.

How does the "Dynamic" range of sound work/help create a sense of space?
It helps to put yourself in  the actual story/situation, you can imagine the sound of a backbone being sawed in half, see the guys still drunk from the previous night stumbling out of the car in the early morning. You can get a sense of the surroundings and it works well in the sense that you don't feel as though you have to sift though to many sounds to try and pin point what's happening. It just is happening around you.

My further commentary on the piece was that it had a kind of comical element to it that juxtaposed nicely with the actual sounds and effects that he was going for. Also the way the commentary was used was in a kind of trip down memory lane, not scripted and neat, which i also thought worked well with the theme of the piece

...And...

Tunnel Visions by Pejk Malinovsky 

How many layers are include in the "Sound-Scape"?
In this sound clip there was roughly about two tracks at the same time, as the narrators took turns telling us their part of the story nothing to hard. Just like listening to a conversation on the street

What ambient or "Atem" tracks are included?
The sound of the train and the people riding them acted as the main ambient noise

How does the "Dynamic" range of sound work/help create a sense of space?
The only real way I felt that helped create a sense of space was the use of London Underground ambient, other than that whilst the men were speaking in my head I just saw them in an empty room with noting else much interesting around to look at.

This track was good but I didn't feel as connected to it as I did to the first track mentioned, I didn't really take it as seriously and I felt that I didn't really get lost in the actors anecdotes