13. March 23 & 26
Monday, March 23rd
Today, we finished watching the rest of the group projects. Ours could not be viewed because the file, which was edited at home, was too big to be saved, and therefore we did not have it at school today, a setback to us as it was due today, and we will now be marked as late because of this.
Group 3 (documentary)
Their documentary has shown quite a good understanding of sound design and all the aspects included: foley, dialogue, background music, etc. However, the organization of the documentary needed improvement - it seemed very rough and unedited, as Isaac said, 'a bunch of clips randomly thrown together at the last minute.' They should also have made use of a script, so that there would have been more fluency in what they were saying.
Group 4 (soundtrack)
Their soundtrack lacked ambient sound effects to create a setting, and background music to create a mood. They also could have acted with their voices more, especially the narrator, who could have stressed on the '...'s, which were very common in the beginning part of their section of the comic. However, I liked the sound they used to portray the crumbling of rocks - I think that was very convincing. Overall, a larger variety of sounds could have been made use of, instead of repeating themselves over and over again, and there should have been more layers to portray more parts of the setting.
Group 4 (documentary)
Their documentary only included a few aspects of sound design, and did not go into great detail, so that they showed very little of their knowledge of sound design. It also lacked a documentary feel - it was structured in a diary format, so that the register wasn't formal enough, and was more of a record of what they did rather than a guide for a sound designer.
We also got our next project. We plan to work in the same group as before, even though I know that it did not work out so well last time. This time, however, we have made promises not to be distracted so easily, and hopefully this time we will finish before the deadline, instead of right on time.
Thursday, March 26th
Today we started our new film project - a 30-second video on intellectual property, to be accompanied by a Chinese translation of the dialogue, either as a script, or added on as subtitles. We have two weeks of time at school to work on this, as well as our easter break.
We encountered a problem before we even started: we were now only allowed to work in pairs, as opposed to our original plan of working in the same group as before. Splitting up into pairs was now quite difficult for us as we had all grown quite attached to our group from the previous project. We finally had to resort to drawing lots to form pairs. I drew LokLok as my partner.
Our task alone has already taught me something - I did not know what intellectual property was before, but now i know that it 'refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce.' (http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/), and we are, according to myvideocompetition.com, 'aiming at encouraging creativity and promoting public awareness of intellectual property rights as entries to the competition.'
As LokLok and I have both learned the importance of time management from our previous project, we started by making a timeline of small due dates throughout this project in order to make sure we reach the big, final due date without having to rush at the end, or compromise quality for speed this time. We have also made plans to keep reminding each other about meeting our due dates. I think that we have started off well, coming up with a plan to keep track of our progress, and, although we both agree that this project will probably not be as enjoyable because there are only two of us now, our ability to concentrate will improve vastly without as many people in our group to cause distractions. Hopefully, we will be able to come up with some good ideas for this project!
Today, we finished watching the rest of the group projects. Ours could not be viewed because the file, which was edited at home, was too big to be saved, and therefore we did not have it at school today, a setback to us as it was due today, and we will now be marked as late because of this.
Group 3 (documentary)
Their documentary has shown quite a good understanding of sound design and all the aspects included: foley, dialogue, background music, etc. However, the organization of the documentary needed improvement - it seemed very rough and unedited, as Isaac said, 'a bunch of clips randomly thrown together at the last minute.' They should also have made use of a script, so that there would have been more fluency in what they were saying.
Group 4 (soundtrack)
Their soundtrack lacked ambient sound effects to create a setting, and background music to create a mood. They also could have acted with their voices more, especially the narrator, who could have stressed on the '...'s, which were very common in the beginning part of their section of the comic. However, I liked the sound they used to portray the crumbling of rocks - I think that was very convincing. Overall, a larger variety of sounds could have been made use of, instead of repeating themselves over and over again, and there should have been more layers to portray more parts of the setting.
Group 4 (documentary)
Their documentary only included a few aspects of sound design, and did not go into great detail, so that they showed very little of their knowledge of sound design. It also lacked a documentary feel - it was structured in a diary format, so that the register wasn't formal enough, and was more of a record of what they did rather than a guide for a sound designer.
We also got our next project. We plan to work in the same group as before, even though I know that it did not work out so well last time. This time, however, we have made promises not to be distracted so easily, and hopefully this time we will finish before the deadline, instead of right on time.
Thursday, March 26th
Today we started our new film project - a 30-second video on intellectual property, to be accompanied by a Chinese translation of the dialogue, either as a script, or added on as subtitles. We have two weeks of time at school to work on this, as well as our easter break.
We encountered a problem before we even started: we were now only allowed to work in pairs, as opposed to our original plan of working in the same group as before. Splitting up into pairs was now quite difficult for us as we had all grown quite attached to our group from the previous project. We finally had to resort to drawing lots to form pairs. I drew LokLok as my partner.
Our task alone has already taught me something - I did not know what intellectual property was before, but now i know that it 'refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce.' (http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/), and we are, according to myvideocompetition.com, 'aiming at encouraging creativity and promoting public awareness of intellectual property rights as entries to the competition.'
As LokLok and I have both learned the importance of time management from our previous project, we started by making a timeline of small due dates throughout this project in order to make sure we reach the big, final due date without having to rush at the end, or compromise quality for speed this time. We have also made plans to keep reminding each other about meeting our due dates. I think that we have started off well, coming up with a plan to keep track of our progress, and, although we both agree that this project will probably not be as enjoyable because there are only two of us now, our ability to concentrate will improve vastly without as many people in our group to cause distractions. Hopefully, we will be able to come up with some good ideas for this project!
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