16th of March, New project!

Rather than giving feedback on the films we watched last class during the screening, which is what we were meant to be doing today, we got into groups for our new project, which is going to be about portals and entering/ leaving different places and is related to the twilight zone. I'm in a group with: Julien, Medora and Jing ting. I am going to be the sound editor, which I'm actually really excited about, because I will still be using Final Cut Pro while also working with sound, which is something that I didn't really do last time. It also means that I will be working closely with our editor, Jing Ting, so I can teach her some things about Final Cut Pro, as well as generally oversee the editing process. 

Today I feel like I was a communicator (see below). We made really good headway for only having had what was really only a single period with our groups. I really took initiative and organized our thoughts as a group into a coherent idea, one that our director and writer (Julien) will now put into a proper narrative/ script. I have a really good feeling about this project.

In preparation for my role as sound editor, I will research some possible music (as we have decided to mesh lots of different songs together, so that the music changes with every location change - which means a LOT of different music!) as well as research about Final Cut Pro and sound editing. The fact that there will be very little dialogue (only really in the first and last scenes - and only then just a few lines) means that there won't be any need to deal with audible dialogue. However I will need ambient sounds (such as splashes from water and general sounds), so I will need to think about what will be the best microphone to use....I'm so excited!

Communicators: Understand and express ideas and information confidently and creatively in more than one language and in a variety of modes of communication. They work effectively and willingly in collaboration with others.