Daily Routine

This is not my completed project, it is a good start and i need to do a number of things to continue to improve on. I feel like i have astrong beginning, incorporated alot of different sounds to come together to form this piece. toward the end i dont hve as much material and need to fix that. i am either going to make it shorter, or incorporate more of these sounds to display a perfect day at the beach. I want the listener to feel like they are relaxing at the beach on a perfect sunny day, listening to all the beautiful sounds one hears at the beach. I incorporated seagulls, waves crashing against the shore, beers cans and bottles, other people around you having some fun in the sun, walking on the sand, and ending with one relaxing so much that they fall asleep while laying in the sun. 

Jacks 2-3 minutes

 My first project assignment is based on the mood and overall scene the listener receives as he or she is listening. I set the mood of a relaxing day at the beach. I start off by using noises of someone walking along the sand of the beach to where they feel like is a good location to set up for the day. As the person continues to walk along the beach, I increasingly make the ocean waves louder as they become closer to the shore. I use the sounds of seagulls and other birds chirping throughout the piece. I incorporate a little bit of ukulele for some relaxing music to listen to at the beach. The ukulele puts you in a relaxing state of mind, almost like you are on a tropical beach in Hawaii. I used a few different ukulele pieces throughout the piece. Toward the end of the piece I incorporated some snoring to signify the relaxation there is at the beach. This person was so relaxed that they ended up falling asleep while lying in the sand. I slowly bring down the sound of the ocean waves crashing against the shore to end the piece. I spent a lot of time making sure each sound flows nicely and goes hand in hand with each other sound. 
	 I feel like project was much better than I had expected. There are a number of things I need to work on, but I feel like I am making quality improvements as I make new pieces and gain experience in the Reaper program. I wish I had turned down the ukulele sounds in my piece, so the listener wouldn’t have paid so much attention to it, but more focused more on the individual sounds of the beach. My work needs more inputs as well. I need to add some more pitch and work on some of my transitions to make the piece run smoother. I will work on this for my next narration piece throughout the next three weeks in order to keep improving on my skills. 

Sources used:
www.soundsnap.com
www.stonewashed.net/sfx.html
www.pacdv.com/sounds/
www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.shtml
www.grsites.com/sounds/
www.freesound.org
http://soundbible.com/tags-beach.html


Inspiring videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfY9BJaGzEU&list=SL&feature=sh_e_top

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ4R6qnNUWk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YU0ER3ruGw


Jack Turner beach scene

My narrative piece is based on an event that happened to me since i've been at school. The setting is located in a dining hall on campus to make it seem like i was telling a story during dinner. The conversation occurs between my friend and i. I am the story teller, and my friend sits back and listens while throwing in a few comments to help the listener realize i'm not going over the event with myself. I spent a lot of time on the transitions, and didn't spend as much time on EQ nor sound effects to go along with my story. I could have added a few more comments from my friend to get the point across better. As well, i could have made the setting more clear by adding distinct sounds to let the listener picture exactly where i am. I was mostly pleased with the outcome of this project and hope it is an improvement from project 1. I received many of my ideas from the 20 acts in 60 minutes piece we listened to during and outside of class. Act 13 gave me ideas for the overall form of my piece. 


Ping pong in ding dang

 My third project included sounds of a basketball. The image I intended the listener to have, was one person in the gym practicing alone. The storyline was one person working on each aspect of their game. The sound was supposed to be coming from the basketball, and its surrounding sounds, as if their was a recorder inside of the ball. I began the piece with the ball being taken out of the gym bag, along with the pair of basketball sneakers being taken out and laced up. I than moved onto the fundamentals of basketball starting with spinning the ball and passing it back and forth between my hands. Next I moved to dribbling the ball without movement, and than gradually walk as I dribble. Than I move into running and making sharp cuts while dribbling the ball. I start to incorporate sounds of sneakers screeching against the court as the player starts to make cuts. Toward the end of the piece I add in sounds of shooting the basketball. These sounds include the rim, backboard, net, and the ball bouncing once it hits the ground. Overall I think my sound piece was pretty good. My recording could have been clearer, and could have developed a better flow of the piece. To present my project, I made a basketball speaker. I traced the outside of the speaker onto the basketball, and used an exacto knife to cut the piece out. I saudered all of the pieces together to make the speaker work, and placed all the components inside of the basketball. The speaker and the chords that needed to be plugged in to an outlet stuck out of the basketball. The speaker sat perfectly in place without needing any glue to stay in place. I uploaded the sound piece to my iphone and plugged it into the speaker to play my final piece. I placed the basketball speaker on top of a sneaker I own. This helped the viewers/listeners to have a better understanding of what I was doing, and do better present my sound piece. Overall I think the piece went better than expected, and look forward to perfect it for my final project. 

Bball soundz

I used the opening recordings from my last project, and have used all new recordings from than ball spin on. I use all the noises that the basketball, and it's close surroundings would make. The surrounding noises include a zipper, sneakers being tied, the rim, sneakers screeching across the gym floor, and a few others. I had used the Foley technique for a couple of my recordings. This piece will be playing out of a speaker in a basketball. My final project will be an improvement from my third project in class. I need to finish the ending to it, and play with a few effects before the final piece will be finished. 

Finally Ballin

I used the opening recordings from my last project, and have used all new recordings from than ball spin on. I use all the noises that the basketball, and it's close surroundings would make. The surrounding noises include a zipper, sneakers being tied, the rim, sneakers screeching across the gym floor, and a few others. I had used the Foley technique for a couple of my recordings. This piece will be playing out of a speaker in a basketball. My final project will be an improvement from my third project in class. I need to finish the ending to it, and play with a few effects before the final piece will be finished.

jack turner