SFX

• why do you think we use SFX's in television and film productions?

I think it is used to help create a sense of connection between the audience and the film or television  program because they are or can be sounds that we are formula with and relate to sub-concisely. So I believe we take comfort in the sounds while we are watching the production but I do think it is also important that we have the sound because it helps bring the story along like brig the thriller out of a thriller or the happiness out of a happy film. 

• what are the advantages of using SFX's in tv and films productions? what do they add to the overall production?

There are so many advantages in SFX'x and a lot of them we don't notice. the advantage can be things like making you fell sad due to both the right sound and image on screen for example a character could have just found their long lost sibling as long as the sound fits that moment you can feel what the character is feeling (depending on how into the production your are). so by all means with the right SFX's and images they can bring out the emotions in the audience to help them relate to the images.

• what are the disadvantages of using SFX's in tv and film production?

The disadvantages are very high as sound is one of the trickiest things to record a false move on sound recording and you can not only lose your audience but you can also ruin and good scene.  for example if you were recording sound for a animation film and you are reading a script if your were out of time with the animation not only would it look like a badly dubbed film it wouldn't flow with the scene as with as muck up the scene so getting timing right is also consul as well as the right sound in tone of voice or just the sound in general

• what is the job description of a foley artist?

A foley artist is the person who sound records noises that would be relevant to the film or TV productions. They can use anything from stamping on gravel to breaking glass to create the right sound for the production. It is said that the best sounds that are recorded can be found in films rather then television productions as they can create a connection of reality in the film although this can be done with television productions. This is an important thing because it can make thing uncomfortable and very unnatural if the wrong sound is recorded or is too quite.( unless it's a horror/ thriller genre)

Evaluation for a Three Shot Sound Sequence

For this task in a group of three being Jack, Aden and I we had to film in three different locations and try to get the best sound possible from our three locations. The locations needing to be two interiors one being quite and the other being noisy in back ground sounds and our third location just needed to be outside.

First off Jack, Aden and I where in a group together and we filmed our first locations with a shot gun mic and didn't really think of the angles we were filming at as well as not worry about the sound to much. When we then reviewed the filming quality it the sound wasn't very good in terms of we could always hear what Jack and I where reading to the camera. We then decided to change our angles and agreed to try and get quieter  background noise so that it would be less disrating to the viewer when watching the footage.

The next time we filmed Aden was absent so Jake filled in for Aden and I filmed instead of read. While doing this we filmed our first quiet location and used a shot gun mic then decided to change to tie mics for the other two locations. When we reviewed this we found the sound qaulity in getting the speak was much clearer with tie much and the background noise wasn't as loud compared to the shot gun mic.

Personally myself I am much happier with the sound outcome on our last two filming locations when we used the tie mics because I feel the sound quality was much better; I believe this because when we were picking up a lot of unwanted sound with the shot gun mic whether or not the room was quiet I think this is mainly to do with not how loud the recording was but because the shot gun mic picks up a lot of general sound in it's surrounding. Also I feel I know  more about sound and have learnt to be more cautious about the quality of sound I record and will try my best to get the best sound possible when recording.
The only down fall I think that was inconvenient was the fact that when there is a need to rely on people being on time or showing up for the filming/capturing and they don't show up this could be a major set back.

Analysing 2nd filming

For our second attempt on filming we tried a few different ideas to try and reduce background noise or hear the vocals more clearer over the back ground noise.

2nd Indoor Silent
For this we use the shot-gun mic again and had pretty much the same response as the last time we filmed it although i believe this was less noisy in the back ground.

2nd Indoor Noisy
On this one we tried tie-mic instead of shot-gun mic in a noisy room this worked well because the mics were picking up more sound from jack and jake the background noise sound a bit like quite noisy background.

2nd Outdoor
We also used tie mics on jake and jack the sound again improved compared to the first filming of this that we did. the vocal pickup is much more clearer  and back ground isn't as loud as before.