LO2

Learning Outcome Two

Recording of my soundtrack:

Planning for making soundtrack for Charlie:

This was a difficult task for me because I was not given enough detail on what specifically Charlie wanted me to do for his advert. Making my job harder.

To start my planning I needed to talk to Charlie Macarthur whose video I was making the sound track for. Since Charlie is a music producer he had already made a load of songs in the past. What Charlie wanted me to do was mix his different songs all into one soundtrack for a teaser of what is advert for his album contained.

Since I already had the music and didn’t need to record or edit that yet, I started with recording the script which was included in Charlie’s advert. Me and two other class peers went down to the recording studio on College site and recorded the voiceovers.

Planning for what I wanted Jack to do for my soundtrack:

For Jack I wrote a document of what I wanted included for my soundtrack and voiceovers. I also told Jack that he could contact me if he needed any more help which is an easy option since we sit next to each other in class.  As well as giving him a list of the SFX I wanted and music I also gave him a copy of my advert script to help him understand what voiceovers I needed.

Involved Characters:

Narrator: The narrator will not be on screen at all during the advert but will be doing all the talking during the advert. The narrator will be talking in a way that makes the audience feel that the narrator is in a conversation with Matt.

Matt: Matt will be on screen throughout the whole advert but will not speak at all. He will be responding to what the narrator says by using expressions and motions for example, shake head in disagreement and nod head in agreement.

 Shooting Script:

(Note that every time matt shakes or nods his head a comic SFX will sound when he does this)

The starting location would be in my room where the camera will be aimed at matt sitting at his desk; Matt will be facing towards the TV with his back to the camera. Note that when the camera looks at Matt sitting at his desk there will be no speakers on the desk yet.

Narrator: Hey you!

Matt will turn around and face the camera with a curious look on his face. He will face the camera as if the camera is the narrator. Matt will point his hand towards himself to make sure the narrator was talking to him.

Narrator: Yeah you!

Matt will now look at the camera with a serious face as if to show the audience that he is focusing on what the Narrator is about to say.

Narrator: Do you ever get tired of listening to bad quality music being played through your mobile phone?

Matt will put on a comic depressed face and nod his head towards the camera. He will shake his head faster than someone would usually do it.

Narrator: Do you wish you could play your music louder than you can at the moment?

Matt’s expression will be sad again and he will vigorously nod his head again.

Narrator: Well I can solve this problem for you, would you like my help?

Matt will vigorously nod his head again but this time he won’t look depressed, he will look happy and be smiling.

A sound effect will sound which sounds like a dollar sound (kaaaching).

Narrator: Ok, by the way you may want to check your desk for a surprise.

On the desk, a big set of speakers have suddenly appeared.

Matt will look shocked and go over to the speakers smiling and do a cheesy grin towards the narrator (camera) doing a cheesy grin and giving the thumbs up. He will then lower his thumbs and arms and stop grinning 5 seconds after he does the thumbs up and he will start pressing the buttons on the Speaker system (checking it out)

The camera would follow Matts movement in a medium shot making sure to include view of the speaker system as well as matt after he’s finished doing the thumbs up.

Narrator: Buy these sharp speakers for only £29.99 from selected stores in the UK, or you can purchase them from our online store at http://www.sharpspeakers.com/

(Note when narrator mentions website url, writing shall appear at bottom of screen also showing the website name or url)

Here is an example of recordings I made with my peers to use in my Swiftcover advert which shows the original voice recordings and shows the edited recordings after.

My recording of Charlie's soundtrack:

For Charlies advert brief given to me, I was required to record a script in a narrative form. Me and two fellow class peers went down to the College music block and used a recording studio/ room. We used a portable ZOOM recorder but because we has the music studio available to record in we plugged the ZOOM in to the computer which had Cubase running on it.

Once we had finished recording the voice overs for Charlies advert I took them back with me and kept them stored on the music network drive. I then started work on editing the voice overs. In Charlies brief he had asked me to make the voice overs sound is if they were being spoken by someone who was from a black race. This was an interesting challenge because the person I had used used for the recordings was not black so I would need to edit the voice overs in order to make them sound like Charlie wanted them too. The reason for this specific race of voice over was because it would work better with the vibe of the Charlies advert.

I found a way of completing this task by using the pitch shifting tool on Cubase. Below is what the end result of using pitch shift made the sound recordings sound like.