For Audio Project Two I am working in a group consisting of five members (Me, Rory Hunter, Alice Asbury, Gareth Bailey, Anthony Belcher) and we are taking on five films for the project. The goal here being to take on the guise of a small Audio Production company providing a variety of services from location sound, to post sound production and music composition, working to deadlines set by the various media production groups we are producing content for. As such we needed a name, which is;
Omni Gaffer Audio, or OG Audio.
The five films we are working on are as follows:
Immort
Genre: Sci-Fi
Length: (5 minutes)
Producer: Holly Oakes
Director: Jacob Redfern
Audio Manager – Matthew Jones
Descent
Genre: Psychological Drama
Length: 10 – 20 minutes
Team Name: Extant Films
Producer: Shaun Standring
Director: Angelin Selvanathan
Audio Manager: Gareth Bailey
Catastrophe/Sour Puss
Genre: Dark Comedy
Length: Under 5 minutes
Animation Team: Team Cipher
Audio Manager: Rory Hunter
Feel Good
Genre: Drama
Length: 10 – 20 minutes
Team Name: Big Blue Bear Productions
Producer: Fiona Shaw
Director: Thomas Love
Audio Manager: Alice Asbury
Remember – Drama (10-20 minutes) – Anthony Belcher
Genre: Drama
Length: 10 – 20 minutes
Team Name: Garden Gnome Films
Producer: Dilpret Rall/Olivia Thompson
Director: Dilpret Rall
Audio Manager: Anthony Belcher
The aims of this project are as follows:
- To professionally operate as a small to medium size company (or other recognisable business entity) in the audio production / post-production field might.
- To organise and fulfil an operating strategy and schedule which deals with multiple productions simultaneously, and which maximises efficiency and minimises issues or risks to delivery.
- To provide a professional standard of service in respect to location sound recording and post-sound design / mixing.
- To conceive, compose, source and / or produce music to client specifications that synergistically supports the other components of their films.
- To produce soundtracks comprising of foley, SFX, dialogue, music and atmospheres to client specifications that synergistically support the other components of their films.
My personal Learning Outcomes for the project are:
- To function as a member of the team in a professional and productive manner and gain an understanding as to how the dynamics of such a team work, based upon research of industry practices, with specific relation the role of a Composer in this context.
- To create audio content that is produced to a professional standard and meets the needs of the directors visions for the various films.
- Adhere to the direction of the lead sound designer in a manner which is based on industry practices.