Review of Poetic

The review of our poetic didn't go as well as planned, this was due to our film being shorter than stated on the brief. These comments then overshadowed us from getting any constructive criticism. I also believe that there was a few negative comments just for the sake of it. Although I can take criticism on board I think that there was very few helpful comments. 

I think that a lot of the audience didn't quite grasp what we were going for which I think is fair enough and is something that we will take into consideration for our overall documentary. I also take on board the comments about the length and as a group we understand that you have to stick to a brief and aim for a certain time frame. 

Final Poetic

This is the finished piece for the poetic section of our documentary, I am very happy with it and I believe it definitely has the look and feel that we were going for. I believe that the visuals are aesthetically pleasing and that the sound leads you through the build up to a boxing match. 

Pros - Nice visually, Clean sound, Sound explains the story.

Cons - Static sound at the beginning, Could be more sounds. 

Sound Editing Poetic

I have been editing the poetic piece with the influence that I have previously stated in my blog, the screen shot below shows a rough edit of the sounds that will be involved. 

Sound Notes - 

Everything has been straight forward in terms of putting the sounds where they need to go. 
Currently trying to get the sound of the heartbeat to come to forefront and make the crowd die out, the transition for this is proving difficult as I want it to be as clean as possible. 

Sound Influence

This is a boxing advert that I have come across on Youtube, I find it quite interesting in terms of the sound design and the build up that it creates surrounding the boxer involved in the advert.

I like the sounds that come through during it, such as the boxing gloves against the punch bag, I like this effect as you don't here much else as the music overpowers but I like the idea that the sounds of the boxing are key and this is something that I want to carry into the poetic piece and also the documentary itself, I want the sounds involved with boxing to be a way for the audience to follow what's happening.

Forum/Article

I have found a forum in which someone is trying to find out techniques for sound design in boxing and foley techniques, the reason I have looked into this is because I want to try and carry some of these ideas into the my sound for the poetic piece. As it is non sync I want to try and find out some foley that I would be able to use If I have to go back and get some. 

Here is a couple of responses I found useful - 

Having worked on a couple boxing films, the thing I would recommend is to get in touch with some of your local boxing clubs and gyms- they would probably allow you to come in and record the real stuff- just be nice.....

One of the best early lessons that I learned (from folks like Charles and Randy Thom) was that what sounds over the top by itself is often barely enough when pulled back into a mix. So think outside the box when creating sounds. The "real" object doesn't have to be used. 

It's just a piece of paper, but don't feel like you have to use the same type of paper. Try wrapping paper, tissue paper, newspaper, etc. in various sizes. Maybe you might need to wipe it with a damp sponge to get rid of some excessive crackle to get the sound right. Try different ways of manipulating it. The same applies to the boxing sounds, you don't have to limit yourself to sporting equipment. For your "intestines" sound what individual elements make up the sound? Many effective sounds are actually layers of sounds.

I found these useful as they gave me a couple of different tips that might come in handy, if I do have to go back and record some more sound. 

Sound List

The poetic piece is about Rubens feelings as he enters the ring for a boxing match, this will feature the build up and all the different sounds that are associated with boxing.

It will also need me to make a smooth sound edit so that it gets the audience into the mindset of Ruben and to also get his feelings across. 

Sound List

Crowd Noise

Deep Breath 

Heartbeat

Boxing Noises - Punches, Movement in the ring.

Bell Noise

Coach Dialogue

 

Sound Issues

We have shot some footage for the poetic piece which in my opinion is looking very good, but the issues I had was that I wanted to do some sound recording for the piece, but on location so I could get some ideas on what sounds go where. This turned out to be unachievable as the location we were using is above a pub, therefore my sound equipment was picking up all the sounds from downstairs, especially the bass of the music being played. 

This is not a major issue as the sound has to be non sync and I will be able to use the camera sound now to work out what sounds will go where. 

Poetic Influence

The influence for the poetic piece is from a game called The Last of US, the style of the film will be to have the camera fixed on Rubens face while we change the lighting, this project will need to me make a good sound design so that it carries the visuals. 

The idea is that the sounds are reflecting his feelings as he walks out to a boxing match. This will mean that I have to get all the sound perfect so that I can get the point across.  

Here is the video that our poetic piece will be influenced by -