The place I’m focussing on for my assignment is the kitchen. Having to ensure no one else was home, other than the talent and I, was a difficulty that I faced whilst having a teenage sister who always has friends over, is blaring music or watching television on the highest level in the living room.
Choosing specific sounds to record was a challenge as there are so many choices; I had to ultimately decide which were the most important ambient sounds to include and which would be easily recognised by the audience listening to my multimedia piece to convey the place. A few sounds I recorded were a little hard to recognise such as the vegetables sizzling in the frying pan, which sounded more like a deep fryer and conveyed a fast food restaurant rather than a small family kitchen.
Another sound I planned to record was the kettle. I ran into an obstacle there as the kettle we own is very quiet, and doesn’t have the traditional whistling sound when the water is boiled. It was therefore hard to record the desired sound and communicate my idea.
Overall I feel that at the end I recorded and chose quality sound clips, and merged them together using Hindenburg successfully with even transitions.
Journalism Journey 