The clip I decided to choose was from the award wining David Attenborough BBC nature documentary programme called Life Story. The scene starts with a Goose on a rock followed by its Gosling launching itself from the nest on top of a cliff to meet its parents. To set the scene I observed the location and carefully thought about the sound to add. In my clip you can hear the subtleties of the ocean shore which I had to tone down a bit in the mix as originally it was too loud for the actions as seen on screen. Shortly after the birds launch I decided to use Logic's built in full Brass instruments. The reason being, Brass instruments are typically used for cinematic effect and with the added benefit of them sort of sounding like a honk from a Goose! Throughout the project I utilised the sound effects that I was given on the music share at college.

Such sounds include chirping from the Gosling at the beginning, flapping wings and falling rock debris. For the rock debris sounds I had to carefully sync up the framing to match up with the sound effects. This was made somewhat difficult due to my novice experience with Logic Pro compared to other editing software. I didn't know how to effectively go frame by frame in Logic so Matt helped show me so that now the audio is more reflective of what's happening on screen. The heightened anticipation of the scene coupled with the unknown fate of the Gosling I decided to use an Ambient, soundscape synthesizer which reflected the undecided fate of the Gosling. The slow and minimal "Calm And Storm" synth found in Logic I believe was appropriate for the as stated before unknown fate for the Gosling because it encapsulates the distressed feeling of the scene. Prior to the Synthesiser implementation I used the Yamaha Piano in Logic for the sake of building tension by purposed by the project brief. In the clip when the Gosling is shown to be alive I used a more upbeat and spiritual Synthesizer instead in Logic called "Behold". This change of orchestration is a use of Build up and Reveal to keep the viewer on edge and the suspense high. When you see the Geese approach the Gosling you can hear the bird flap sounds I added. The initial one is reversed to add to the dreamy feel I was going for and with the second use of this sound effect as told by Matt I stretched out the audio clip to make it sound even more tranquil and dreamy and to make it far less repetitive. 

 

 

Emotionally the clip has a very anxious and depressing feeling up until the very end when you realise the bird is safe. The birds unpredictable fate and later survival was a great time to help implement use of build up and revel in my project. I had interesting lectures with Matt explaining how to use Logic for sound for film, the class discussed hyper real sound and Foley. In my project the duckling hits a bit of rock from the cliff, the sound for this was exaggerated to give greater sense of danger.

Mixing:

It is important to consider distances when mixing sound for film. For example in my clip it was set on a cliff by the sea originally the volume for the sound of the sea was too high keeping in mind what perspective the camera was in so I turned it down to make it more accurate and in tune with the scene. 

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During my Logic sessions I was still had difficulty understanding how to use Logic in a effective manner. To combat this I looked at a guide on the Guildhall YouTube channel Guildhall School of Music & Drama (2018) Logic Pro X Masterclass - Part 1 [10/03/20] for film scores using Logic and learned a lot using Secondary Research. This resulted with me implementing more editing techniques with the audio such as changing the volume depending on the scene or using the Pedelboard. 

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Overall I feel quite surprised how challenging I found this project. It has taken a lot longer than I anticipated. I was frustrated at how tedious and monotonous I personally found it. 

If I designed audio for a clip again I would maybe try go out of my way to implement my own Foley audio. I believe this would of been a great use of time so that the audio FX had better hyper real sound.