8th May 2012 Reflection

Today in film, we began by discussing the upcoming project, which is mainly focused on sound design. After being put into new groups, we discussed potential subjects, and decided it would be interesting if we did the sound to a comic strip of some variety. We have yet to decide on a comic, and will discuss this next class. We spent most of the class finishing Dancing with Wolves, which is a prime example of the techniques we will need to use for the assignment: Using music to appropriately alter the emotions of the audience, Altering the effects volumes to a similar ends and Trying to keep the background music constant with the emotion that is being conveyed. This movie has given me a host of ideas for our documentary, I only hope I can use them properly.

3rd May Reflection

Today in film, we continued watching Dancing with Wolves. Unfortunately, I missed the first part due to a field trip last week, causing me to be absent for the first part of the film. We focused on the use of sound and music in the film, and how it affected our perception of characters and the situation. This has helped me come up with ways we could use sound in our documentary, as well as several discussion topics for the upcoming essay.