End of Week 7
# What was your plan for this week?
D2 D3 and D4 (3 weeks)
# What did you actually do this week?
What I did this week was recover from a series of unfortunate grade marks that damaged my confidence to do what I do.
# If there are any differences between items 1 & 2, please explain why.
yes, I had to take time away from work to disconnect myself from the actual project so I could relax and evaluate my position.
# What worked well this week?
My first real Supervisor meeting went well, we discussed testing methods and one of my grade results. What we discussed was how would I test the audience if it was not a questionnaire and I sugegsted blink rate, he concurred and we delved into that a little, as in the studies on blink rate what it is and how if it differs in the 3 films then somethign is happeneing, but that would mean the result of my research would be towards something new and possibly hard to explain at my level.
Not much else worked well this week.
# What did not work so well this week?
Grades. failed to win a competition, general lack of inspiration at some points and still working on the muliplexed video from Timo.
# What have you learned this week?
Blinking is associated with taking in information.
# Describe all the items that have been added to your portfolio this week?
Researched area into blink rate
# Do you have any other comments to make?
The music CD's were not as good as I had hoped. Saying yes is a good thing to get you going, but if your not prepared for the things you accept then it can ruin you.
Monday, 22 February 2010
Monday, 15 February 2010
Week 6
End of Week 6
# What was your plan for this week?
D2 D3 and D4 (3 weeks)
and Milestoned D1 C1 -C4
# What did you actually do this week?
I have indeed done D1. identified the film, C1 to C4 have also been doejn however it is perhaps the best to state here that you dont stop recording and editing sounds.
I have completed D2, the minimalist film with prior testing to see if it was worthy also I am half way through D3, the real world or contemproary drama film.
# If there are any differences between items 1 & 2, please explain why.
no differences only quality of work
# What worked well this week?
What worked well this week was how motivated I got when i was making the film an have stayed up many nights longer than I should have working on all my projects but this one the most of course.
The responses from the CEO Timo from Musuta have been great so far and is helping me get the film and audio merged together. Also lots of Ideas have been formed for the End of Year Showcase and I hope people contribute as much as they have already, albiet some more than others.
I also added a little bit to my design docs as I had misse dit the first time which is the addition of silence and useful sound design technique which I will eb using, In each film the silence parts will be the same i do not want to change that as they are a definite narrative changign mechanic and I am only focusing on amounts of sound not lack of.
# What did not work so well this week?
The posters I posted up have a flaw I now see in the conjustion of two lines which on there own dont seem misleading - however I should have put short 4 minute film showing, instead of jsut film. Also the time specified seemd to say that it was a full feature which it isnt - so i will print out more soon.
Also my grade for a module appeared this week and was lower than I had hoped so that did not work so well
# What have you learned this week?
I have learned that sometimes it is luck that gets you to where you want to be and create great things and it would be nice to have a personal assistant.
# Describe all the items that have been added to your portfolio this week?
Part work on the real world film, more edited audio.
# Do you have any other comments to make?
Im going to relax a little when my music CD's come in, found a nice little DVD with a duo music production team with some really nice music :)
# What was your plan for this week?
D2 D3 and D4 (3 weeks)
and Milestoned D1 C1 -C4
# What did you actually do this week?
I have indeed done D1. identified the film, C1 to C4 have also been doejn however it is perhaps the best to state here that you dont stop recording and editing sounds.
I have completed D2, the minimalist film with prior testing to see if it was worthy also I am half way through D3, the real world or contemproary drama film.
# If there are any differences between items 1 & 2, please explain why.
no differences only quality of work
# What worked well this week?
What worked well this week was how motivated I got when i was making the film an have stayed up many nights longer than I should have working on all my projects but this one the most of course.
The responses from the CEO Timo from Musuta have been great so far and is helping me get the film and audio merged together. Also lots of Ideas have been formed for the End of Year Showcase and I hope people contribute as much as they have already, albiet some more than others.
I also added a little bit to my design docs as I had misse dit the first time which is the addition of silence and useful sound design technique which I will eb using, In each film the silence parts will be the same i do not want to change that as they are a definite narrative changign mechanic and I am only focusing on amounts of sound not lack of.
# What did not work so well this week?
The posters I posted up have a flaw I now see in the conjustion of two lines which on there own dont seem misleading - however I should have put short 4 minute film showing, instead of jsut film. Also the time specified seemd to say that it was a full feature which it isnt - so i will print out more soon.
Also my grade for a module appeared this week and was lower than I had hoped so that did not work so well
# What have you learned this week?
I have learned that sometimes it is luck that gets you to where you want to be and create great things and it would be nice to have a personal assistant.
# Describe all the items that have been added to your portfolio this week?
Part work on the real world film, more edited audio.
# Do you have any other comments to make?
Im going to relax a little when my music CD's come in, found a nice little DVD with a duo music production team with some really nice music :)
Monday, 8 February 2010
Week 5
End of Week 5
# What was your plan for this week?
A.3 and D.2
# What did you actually do this week?
This week I managed two version of the A.3 deliverable and will attempt to further develope it until satisfied with the application and important of the graph. Also I have successfully completed a dratf version of the minimalist film in which I inted to test with a few people before showing in the cinema.
# If there are any differences between items 1 & 2, please explain why.
no differences only quality of work
# What worked well this week?
The graph eventually became a nice flowing piece to which anyone could refer to and understand realively easily, the idea came from the timeline in the 1514 room in whitespace of the games industry and considerign my approach of A.3 was in a timeline structure it worked well.
# What did not work so well this week?
What is a problem and still is is version control, the original film will not work in song vegas but i have a converted version to work too, unfortunaly this means i havbe not yet the skill to marry up the original film with my audio using Sony Vegas at this time and require a few mroe days to solve this problem.
While I await the reply from Timo, Musuta ltd CEO I will work ont he Real world film (contemporary Drama style)
# What have you learned this week?
Ive learned that it will take a lot more work to be the best audio designer Abertay has seen which is one of my goals at this point. Ive been taking any projects I can get my hands on but that simply isn't enough at this stage and I msut practice the art more frequently and choose my working partners carefully.
# Describe all the items that have been added to your portfolio this week?
Minimalist audio track and sound forge session file as well as the draft visual for A.3
# Do you have any other comments to make?
you can never watch enough films
# What was your plan for this week?
A.3 and D.2
# What did you actually do this week?
This week I managed two version of the A.3 deliverable and will attempt to further develope it until satisfied with the application and important of the graph. Also I have successfully completed a dratf version of the minimalist film in which I inted to test with a few people before showing in the cinema.
# If there are any differences between items 1 & 2, please explain why.
no differences only quality of work
# What worked well this week?
The graph eventually became a nice flowing piece to which anyone could refer to and understand realively easily, the idea came from the timeline in the 1514 room in whitespace of the games industry and considerign my approach of A.3 was in a timeline structure it worked well.
# What did not work so well this week?
What is a problem and still is is version control, the original film will not work in song vegas but i have a converted version to work too, unfortunaly this means i havbe not yet the skill to marry up the original film with my audio using Sony Vegas at this time and require a few mroe days to solve this problem.
While I await the reply from Timo, Musuta ltd CEO I will work ont he Real world film (contemporary Drama style)
# What have you learned this week?
Ive learned that it will take a lot more work to be the best audio designer Abertay has seen which is one of my goals at this point. Ive been taking any projects I can get my hands on but that simply isn't enough at this stage and I msut practice the art more frequently and choose my working partners carefully.
# Describe all the items that have been added to your portfolio this week?
Minimalist audio track and sound forge session file as well as the draft visual for A.3
# Do you have any other comments to make?
you can never watch enough films
Monday, 1 February 2010
Week 4
End of Week 4
# What was your plan for this week?
Task C3 and C4
# What did you actually do this week?
What I did this week was record multiple sound sources and indeed cut them up into dry clips with very little editing at this stage. I also started to implement the audio into UA and continue to research on film sound design techniques and implementation through the web sources and books and some behind the scenes of films.
# If there are any differences between items 1 & 2, please explain why.
There are no differences only degrees of work
# What worked well this week?
I have taken easily to Sonys Vegas and have worked out how to layer audio crossfade export to soundforge which instantly adapts the file you have placed in the timeline, which is great. I am about 1/3 of the way through my minimalist film sound designed film at the moment and hope to be done by this week.
# What did not work so well this week?
To my surprise there is only 4 audio tracks in Sony Vegas which kind of hindered me at the beginning but it eventually became very useful and focused me to think what is the most important thing that the audience needs to hear at this point, or this point, like how Joss whedon states how he made Firefly, because of restrictions it made it more concentrated.
# What have you learned this week?
Well i have learned that not all bad things turn out for the worst and in fact the before mentioned state at which the audio tracks barrier has made me more determined and focused and not to just layer aimlessly.
# Describe all the items that have been added to your portfolio this week?
library of sound recordings
# Do you have any other comments to make?
what good is power, if you cannot use it?
# What was your plan for this week?
Task C3 and C4
# What did you actually do this week?
What I did this week was record multiple sound sources and indeed cut them up into dry clips with very little editing at this stage. I also started to implement the audio into UA and continue to research on film sound design techniques and implementation through the web sources and books and some behind the scenes of films.
# If there are any differences between items 1 & 2, please explain why.
There are no differences only degrees of work
# What worked well this week?
I have taken easily to Sonys Vegas and have worked out how to layer audio crossfade export to soundforge which instantly adapts the file you have placed in the timeline, which is great. I am about 1/3 of the way through my minimalist film sound designed film at the moment and hope to be done by this week.
# What did not work so well this week?
To my surprise there is only 4 audio tracks in Sony Vegas which kind of hindered me at the beginning but it eventually became very useful and focused me to think what is the most important thing that the audience needs to hear at this point, or this point, like how Joss whedon states how he made Firefly, because of restrictions it made it more concentrated.
# What have you learned this week?
Well i have learned that not all bad things turn out for the worst and in fact the before mentioned state at which the audio tracks barrier has made me more determined and focused and not to just layer aimlessly.
# Describe all the items that have been added to your portfolio this week?
library of sound recordings
# Do you have any other comments to make?
what good is power, if you cannot use it?
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