09/11/2024 - 30/11/2024 (Week 08 – Week 11)
You Siyuan / 0366978
Sonic Design / Bachelor of Design (Honours) in Creative Media / Taylors University
Project 3: Audio Storytelling
INSTRUCTION
EXERCISE
We did a little exercise in class. We need to choose a short story to voice. I chose Valley View Automotive.
1.Valley View Automotive
Item | Description |
Gender | Male or Female |
Length | :30 |
Target Demographic | Men between twenty and forty years of age |
Character / Narrator | Announcer |
Vocal Direction | Hard sell, anticipation, authoritative, thrilling |
Are you ready for this? Valley View Automotive's got all of the hottest SUVs you've been looking for! This week only, enjoy a test drive and the opportunity to drive one of these powerful vehicles off the lot for half the price! Yes, half the price! Nows the time to get yourself to Valley View, by car, on foot, or even by air to take advantage of this outrageous sale - you'd better get here quickly, ‘cause this promotion is only going on for 24 hours and the automobiles are leaving the lot faster than you can say 4 wheel drive! Valley View Automotive, SUVs you can depend on.
Then, submit it to your teacher's Google Docs.
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| fig1.1 Google Docs Exercise |
The final product
PROJECT 3: AUDIO STORYTELLING
Project 3 requires us to dub the picture book, add background music and sound effects to make the final audio.
Mr. Razif asked us to randomly choose one of our favorite stories. I chose the famous Little Red Riding Hood.
I asked my sister to help record the sound, and the effect is very good, very vivid.
According to the content of the story, I found some background sound effects to make audio, which can better highlight the plot of the story.
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Fig1.2 Week 8(09/11/2024)
Sound effect search and download |
Because I used a mobile phone to record, the recorded sound was a bit noisy, too noisy, etc., so I reduced the noise to make the audio sound more comfortable.
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Fig1.3 Week 9(16/11/2024)
Audio adjustment |
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In order to make the audio sound more natural and harmonious, I added fade in and fade out to reflect the plot changes of the picture book.
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Fig1.4 Week 9(16/11/2024)
Add effect |
The story needs picture book pictures to demonstrate. I saved the screenshots of Little Red Riding Hood pictures I found on the Internet and imported them into Pr software. I arranged the pictures in the software in order and edited them.
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Fig1.5 Week 10(23/11/2024)
Picture import |
Because the length of the audio and the picture book is not consistent, the length of the picture corresponding to each audio needs to be adjusted to make them connect smoothly.
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Fig1.6 Week 10(23/11/2024)
Time length correspondence |
Final Picture Book Effect Display
Google Drive Link:
Reflection
Experiences
I had some difficulty adjusting the audio. Through the Internet information inquiry, I finally successfully solved these difficulties. If I can't solve the problem, I choose to revise my clips to make them complete.
Observations
In the process of dubbing a picture book, it is necessary to constantly switch emotions and roles, and express them with sounds according to the content of the story. The use of sound effects and dubbing can effectively render the atmosphere and rhythm.
Findings
This project expanded my understanding of the use of dubbing and sound effects, learned how to reduce noise and ambient sound, exercised my ability to regulate audio, and improved my professional skills. I began to think about how to better express emotions with voice, so as to achieve better narrative effect.
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