T369 Demo Abstract
Resources:
web site
BBC News (2008) Factory Gloom worst since 1980 [Online]. Available from:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7681569.stm [Accessed: 21 October 2008]
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video, sound clip, etc.) influenced your work...
book
Holt, DH 1997, Management principles and practices, Prentice-Hall, Sydney.
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DVD
Aronofsky, D. (2000). Requiem for a Dream. [DVD]. UK: Momentum Pictures.
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Library Sound Citations
Explosion
http://www.freesound.org/people/ryansnook/sounds/110113/
African Elephant
http://sounds.bl.uk/Environment/Listen-to-Nature/022M-LISTNAT00061-0001V0
Wood Duck
http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/176287
SFX Details
The eigentone was crucial to this project because it set the scene: a farm at dusk. It
had to convey a sense of fatigue after (presumably) a long day of manual labor. Human
an animal sounds all needed to be there, but in a way that suggests less activity.
I created the eigentone by driving to a rural part of Bloomington in the evening and
recording the sounds of several small farms. There was no way to get everything in a
single location, but one place had a good vantage for capturing distant traffic on a
small, rural road. Another had noisy/hungry livestock. And two other locations allowed
me to capture subtle wind and human sounds (doors opening/closing; unrecognizable
conversation) that created the distinct impression of being on a small farm.
Mixing these sounds was a big challenge! No single sound worked alone—I had to layer
these in order to create the sort of environment that was right for this project. It was
necessary to EQ each in order to lend a sense of depth. A lo-pass filter was used at 465
Hz, 800Hz, and 1134 Hz respectively to create back-, mid-, and foreground layers.
Once the final eigentone was mixed, I bussed the individual tracks to an Aux track and
was able to use it alone to set the overall volume levels and add a tiny bit of reverb to
help everything blend together.