Audio Principles: Assessment 2-Week 11

This week we pressed on with recording our soundtrack. So far we've gained the sound effects for the brick house being built, the slam of a door, the boiling water, the wolf's claws scratching on the roof, the splash of the wolf falling into the pot and the sizzle of the wolf being cooked.

This still leaves a number of audio tracks we still need to record, which includes the pig noises, the sound of the pigs trotting, the straw noises, the stick noises, the pig running into the house, the sound of the wolf coming down the road and the sound of the pot being moved.

The soundtracks we have done already were done using everyday objects and editing with audacity. The sound of the wolf walking dow the road was done by rubbing some pieces of wood together and the pigs trotting into theirs houses was done using coconut shells.

Audio Principles: Assessment 2-Week 10

We continued with recording our soundtrack on Tuesday, which involved a trip up to the Riseholme campus in order to record some animal noises. The only problem with this was that there weren't Pigs to record at the site, which means that we have to think of an alternative means of finding these noises.

The trip wasn't a complete waste though as we managed to record the sound of hay being moved about to fit the scene where the first little pigs house is getting built and when it gets blown down. This was a bit of a set back but thankfully not a costly one.

This means that we have two recordings ready for editing, which are the story being ready by another member of my group and the hay being rustled. This just leaves the brick and wooden house being built and knocked down, the wolf climbing onto the roof (slate being scratched), the wolf falling into the pot, the pig noises as well as a few others.

Audio Principles: Assessment 2-Week 9

This week we started recording our sound track using the mp3 recorders available. The most important parts of this sound track will have to be done at Riseholme as there is a farm available there to record the animal noises we need for our assignment but this is planned for the Tuesday of week 10 as all of us are available in the morning.

We have researched different variations of the Three Little Pigs story and found that some are longer than others, with beginnings and ends that are different to each other. Due to this we have decided to adopt the beginning of one story and patch it onto another version.