For this first half of the collaboration module I have to say I’ve found, overall, working with the MA students to be really smooth, at the beginning I had a sort of fear that I wouldn’t be able to meet their expectations but after meeting them and clearing up exactly what they needed from me …
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Crit feedback
The official mid term crit overall was useful more to see where my peers were at in terms of their own parts of the project, the nature of ours means that each of the scenes we do are totally separate and there isn’t really a whole lot of opportunity to see what they’re up to …
Literature review, WalesOnline
In looking for articles about the Eisteddfods place in the history of the welsh language and culture I came across this article on walesonline.co.uk a welsh news publication. The provenance of this article is perhaps not the most appropriate in an academic context but I feel it provides a good sense of the welsh attitude …
Collaboration, Recording Voice lines and Narration
I offered my services to the VR MA students today to help them record lines for the VR project. I brought in my usb mic so I could just record straight into my laptop and edit immediately. We went through the menu lines and the lines for the penguin main character in the ‘Winter Wonderland’ …
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Collaboration, Portal sound design
One of the sound effects I was tasked with creating was the sounds of the portals as you go through. I took the aesthetic of snow and ice quite literally and used a few recordings of ice being broken and cracking, as well as sounds of crushing glass. I also made a bed of inorganic/magical …
Collaboration, Northern Lights soundscape
One of the more interesting elements of this project to me was the task of creating the sounds of the Northern Lights. This scene takes place at the end of the experience and is meant to give a sense of calm/release and finish off the whole experience. Now of course the challenge of this is …
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Collaboration, Playful Score attempt
One of the notes on my original score was that there needed to be a playful tone to it. I decided that due to my lack of musical talent I would have to rely on premade samples, I don’t particularly want to pursue becoming a musician as I am more than happy to stick to …
Collaboration, First in person team meeting
I met with the team for the first time on Friday and got some good notes down. It was very useful to get an actual look at the game instead of working off conceptual slideshows and sketches. In taking an actual look at the scene I’m doing the sound for, there is a lot more …
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The Recording of Oral Tradition in Wales, review
For my overall essay I’m currently leaning towards talking about oral storytelling traditions with a slight focus on welsh traditions and its strengthening of the use of welsh and welsh communities in general and how this could be compared to the modern audio drama movement and it’s strengthening of queer stories. I went through a …
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Collaboration, VR collaboration, winter wonderland score attempt 1
I was given a few songs on free music archive which I used as my basis for this track, a lot of them were not super score-y and were also generally beyond my skill to create. I am, ultimately, not a musician and much of the most ‘musical’ pieces I make are done so with …
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