What new knowledge has been introduced?
Today is the start of the new unit - to make a soundtrack for comics. The knowledge introduced as part of this unit was that instead of using a computer based program to make the soundtrack which would be too easy, we needed to make them ourselves as most film makers did. This was fairly difficult because it meant we had to do custom research to find out how to gather the necessary sounds required that would fit the stimulus we had to make a soundtrack for - the comic book. We also learned that this was how film makers did it, the used stimulus as a base to synthesize sounds for. Through this, the process would be more of a self-guided track where we had to do it ourselves.
What film studies skills are being reviewed and practiced? What new skills have been introduced?
To better guide this process, it was decided in our group that in order to plan out what sounds had to be gathered and researched in order to find how to collect them, the skill of storyboarding was reviewed practiced, albeit a modified version because it had nothing to do with planning out shots, lengths and positions. Rather, we used the storyboard to organized the comic book panels and list out sound effects required for each panel. Through this, we would know what we needed and what ordered we needed it in. Thus, it would help us in the collection of tracks and help us better coordinate the soundtrack with the comic. This is also a new skill because it introduced a secondary application of storyboarding.
Evaluation
How successful was I at achieving my goals today and why? How could I/my group make use of time more effectively?
Our goal was to ensure we planned out our entire soundtrack through the storyboarding. However, due to confusion at the start and initial thoughts that we were actually to use software to make the soundtrack, we weren't able to get far in the storyboard, only able to create about a page after some discussion to find a good method. Half of our group was missing today due the geography trip, but had they been here, we could have made better use of our time through having some people research how to make the selected sounds, have someone making the documentary as part of the criteria A assessment to ensure that 2 things can be completed in one set of time. In addition, the storyboard will be continued.
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