Summary Blog

This is an executive summary to demonstrate the extent of my work with Barton Fink and the methods that I used to create a full sound design for the clip.Through blog posts I have periodically documented my progress to show my thoughts, experimentation and final results. This includes a detailed step by step guide as to how I worked on the project.

In the first few weeks I plan out the way I am going to attempt the clip. I watched the clip several times and gained knowledge and information from classes on ways in which to approach it, which I detail in my blog. From here I made a short treatment that summed up the general ideas and sound I was wanting to convey in the soundscape. As well as this I went through the clip in Pro Tools and using markers set where I wanted the sounds to be. I exported this information and aligned it in a cue sheet which I used to collect my sounds at the recording stage. These documents can be found in my blogs.

After this I went on to begin the recording stage. I would book out mics and the studio for Foley sessions and spot sound recordings. I documented my progress incrementally in the blog stating what I had achieved in each session. This allowed me to keep track of where I was and what needed to be done next as well as provided a reason for why I was recording things in a particular way. As well as this it allowed me to go back later and check for my thought process at the mixing stage. I recorded everything in a few sessions and updated my cue sheet to tick off all of the sounds I had. I then posted this document to trello and linked it into my blogs.

When all the sounds were recorded I edited and mixed the audio for the clip. I split this into separate sessions to make this easier to concentrate on the one method at a time. The session were split into; footsteps, movement, bell, clock, tap drip, vocals, radio, outside ambience and music, hallway wind and ambience, bed springs, typewriter, worldizing and final mixing and mastering. These are all documented as individual blogs. Once all of the mix was balanced and mastered I bounced the clip to the appropriate file format to submit.

In conclusion I feel that the mix and soundscape works the way I planned. The soundtrack is simplistic and mostly ambient drawing focus to the main character. I feel I managed to create that sense of unease but not have it over the top to meet my original aims.