For my “re-sound” of Harakiri I figured that wind would play a very important part of the mix, in the original the wind which screeches in the ears of the two characters helps to establish the setting it is the main focus in the mix and sits on the same level as the sword clashes. …
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NEW DIRECTIONS FOR RADIO DRAMA , notes
I recently went on another Jstor downloading spree and downloaded a piece written in the 80s by Geoffrey Hepinstall, the following is a series of notes and observations I took whilst reading that I’ve transcribed from my notebook. “Radio as a dramatic medium needs to be more than a clearing house for work which can …
Audio paper draft
The following is the state my audio paper is currently in, right now it feels as if the majority of the paper will be centred around the discussion with the crew of Ghosts on a Train, I do not produce an actual play podcast and so instead of speculating I am going to go to …
Experimental Foley, audio paper
For my audio paper I recorded a few sound effects for the purposes of emphasising the words in my audio paper, one of my ideas was to have a voice actor read out any citations I make and do sound that would suggest that they are a character in a scene, thus creating the feel …
No-input score, Harakiri
Within the duel scene in Harakiri there are two instances of score, there is a slow buildup to when the enter the field, the long strings punctuated by the call of some animal follows them before the enter the field, the second instance is drums/strings which come in with a shot of the wind swept …
Ryoji Ikeda, data
Earlier this year I went to see an installation at 180 studios by artist Ryoji Ikeda. Ikeda uses an incredible mix of sound and visuals to explore the world of data and audio in what he calls “raw” states. The installation was a series of rooms each with a different display. There was a consistent …
Foley for Harakiri (1962)
Doing the foley today was not my first attempt at foley, however it is definitely my first try at doing it to video, I’ve done bits here and there in my audio drama Chain of Being (my favourite being flapping my coat at the mic for the wings of a gargoyle). However this is definitely …
Storm Evol Devol group improvisation
In listening back to the group improvisation I find that they are both much lass chaotic than I expected. In being a participant I feel like I was struggling to consider my own place in the collective and focus on where my no input mixing fit. I had felt at the time that the sound …
Harakiri, Masaki Kobayashi (1962)
Harakiri is a film about Hanshiro, in some way avenging the death of his son in law, his daughter, and his child. He goes to Kageyu, a feudal lord, and requests permission to use his courtyard to perform Harakiri, a suicide ritual. What follows is the story of Hanshiro and how his past relates to …
We Need to talk about Kevin, sound and point of view
I watched this film and, like many, was intensely disturbed and frustrated for Eva, the blame for the actions for her own child who she had great difficulty raising. It was, in the end, not really her fault yet the whole world seems to act as if it was. The whole film is very clearly …
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