Sound Design (Live and Post-production) - Sam McLeish

Sound design for the shoot

During the montage at the beginning of the sequence, we will not need to record any dialogue as all of the initial exposition would be provided via text messages. This makes our lives considerably easier because the trouble with recording live sound is that we may get unwanted ambient background noise of the wind.
 
When we need to record live dialogue, it will be towards the end of the sequence when all of the characters meet and the lead female says "what a lovely dog". This would be when we are filming at Victoria Park, which is an open area so we are more likely to be caught by the wind. As we can't control the weather, the only way that we could reduce this risk is to record what little dialogue we need using a boom mic, rather than a lapel because we could angle it effectively around the wind. Although this won't be completely effective, it will contribute to a clearer sound being recorded.

 

However, when we tested the sound equipment in lesson, we decided that using a boom mic would be too complicated for a production with such little dialogue. Due to such, we thought that it would be easier to use a simple audio recorder with a dynamic microphone as this produced a clearer sound and we could simply postition the microphone out of the shot if we adjust the gain accordingly.
 

 

Sound design for post production

Most of the audio elements for our film comes from editing in post-production. The main thing that would be noticed by the audience would be the non-diegetic backing track. As the film produces the overall impression that it's positive, we wanted a backing track that would reflect this idea. The best example was 'Where it Goes' from the album 'Natural Therapy' on the Free Music Archive. This would be good track as it reflects the upbeat feeling that the overall sequence produces. 

Foleys

At this point, it is clear that we will only need a few foleys for our production, due to the fact that the main audio that the audience will recive is from the non-diegetic backing track. 

iPhone Sent and Recived Alerts - Created our own foley via YouTube and Audacity. (We hesistated to use the Apple sounds but as it is for an educational purpose, and we're not planning to submit the final product anywhere else, it should be appropiate for us to use)

iPhone typing sounds - Created our own foley via YouTube and Audacity.

iPhone text alert - Created our own foley via YouTube and Audacity.

Hairdryer - Taken from Garageband.

Shower -  Taken from Garageband.

Passing train noise - Will record on set with audio recorder. (The example was recorded on my phone on my commute home so it isn't great quality)

Doors closing train alert - Will record on set with audio recorder. (The example was recorded on my phone on my commute home so it isn't great quality)