Final Sound Updates

At various dates between the 19th and 30th of June I got into a system of working with Owen on the sound design: I would give him a list of tasks to complete, then disappear for up to an hour before coming back and listening to what he had come up with. Then I would make suggestions of how to improve what he had to give a better effect, and sometimes hand over sound that I had found online during my time away, that I thought matched the theme and tone of the film. I would do this until we worked through the check-list, then repeat the process with a new list everyday/meet up.

It was very monotonous for me, to babysit but it was a method that worked and guaranteed that work was being done, but at the same time I think having me reassuring that I liked what he had come up with helped Owen be a little more confident in his own work.

It was unfortunate that our actors were completely unavailable to do any ADR, due to their own final year deadlines and requirements, and so we did the best we did to cover up any messes in the sound, especially when it came to the outside shoots where dialogue was at times echoy or eclipsed my the sounds of cars, and in the hotel where a creaky floorboard can be heard every now and then.

There was a limit to the amount of feedback that I could give to Owen, as sound is my weakest area, and so I got Emma, another sound student to listen to out film a few times, she helped give Owen a number of suggestions on how to improve and adjust certain sounds/tone to give it a certain feel.

Neil and Ron were also very helpful in giving feedback as we went along, stopping in every few days and listening to certain sections and highlighting weak areas to improve.