Day 23: What's so important about sound??

Hey there!! I hope you are doing amazing today. Today I'll be discussing my ideas for sound design. In order to properly develop my opening, not only do I need convincing videos, I need convincing audio as well. We live in a world where no matter how quiet, there is almost always a sound, whether that be A/C or wind. It is so so important to make sure that you think of every little detail so that your opening will actually be convincing.

For my opening, I'll mainly be using voice over, but I'll also be incorporating diegetic sound as well. My inspiration for the voice over as I type the blog is "The Perks of Being A Wallflower" opening. As mentioned before, Charlie is writing an anonymous letter while voicing it over to express his thoughts without actually saying it in the narrative world. I want to do something similar with my opening, as Maia is learning how to express herself through her creative endeavors including her new blog, crocheting, baking and more.

I've chosen to focus mainly on voice over for the opening to really immerse the audience into the world of Maia's blog. By using voice overs, I the audience will be able to understand what is going on in the scene as well as understand it is part of a blog post. The opening mainly focuses on introducing the character as she lists things that she likes to do. If this were a full film, every time she would write a blog, or do something she is writing about, I would use voice overs to remind the audience that it is part of the blog as a whole.

Here is the link to my current voice over, but it is subject to re-recording if I'm not satisfied with it while editing.

I also think that this is the best strategy to highlight Maia writing her blog post as well as explain to the audience what exactly she is writing about. 

I will also be using a bit of music that will start as non-diegetic sound and eventually turn into diegetic sound. As you know, I play piano, and I'll be playing one of my pieces for this. In one of the scenes, I'm playing piano and my brother messes me up by coming to play next to me. Before this scene is shown, I'll be extracting that sound to layer underneath the voice over. It will become diegetic sound once it is shown on-screen.

As I said in the introduction, it is so important to have a properly layered soundscape for any piece of media if you want it to sound professional. Layering sounds help make the piece seem more realistic and convincing for the audience. You already know that I'll be using a majority of voice-over as well as piano played by me. Because I don't have any parts where the sounds are directly coming from the narrative world, besides the piano scene, I won't have to worry too much about my soundscape. 

Though this is true, I do need to add the environmental sounds. For example, A/C noises are always there, but you learn to tune it out because of how minimal the sound actually is. Throughout my piece I will incorporate A/C sounds and for the outdoor scene, I'll be adding wind and possibly birds chirping. These sounds further establish the setting and enhance the audiences' experience while watching.

Thank you for reading and that's all for today!! Catch you on the next one!!