On Friday the team got together after class, using Logic we began putting together the material that each of us have been working on independently. Deciding what should and shoud not be in the final show is a difficult process but between us we managed to narrow it down quiet quickly.
Monday saw the three of us begin to tighten up the edits and automate the sound levels with in the multiple sound tracks. We recorded Simon for the voice over introduction and added it to our project. we used a Coles microphone for the task as we were working in the gate house and their were many environmental sounds. The "Coles lip mic" was designed to pick up sound directly around it and not to record unwanted background noise.
Logic Automation
The sound levels and automation proved to be tricky, resulting in the fine editing process taking a little longer than we had anticipated resulting in fifty seconds of the punk rock section incomplete as we ended the session, we also realized that we did not actually have any suitable material that we wanted to use. After some encouragement from Esther we decided I would record a voice over for the final piece, I brought the coles mic home with me and after over coming a few technical hitches I managed to record the last piece.
Tuesday during the tech hour we mixed together the final pieces and finished the assignment just in time for hand in. Another close one for me and once again I was wishing I had given a little extra time for the unforeseen problems that inevitably seem to occur some where during the process.
Here is our final piece...
I have really enjoyed this project and working along side Esther and Simon ,they where good team mates who communicated well and contributed their efforts on all levels. I think we all would agree that we cut it very fine at the end and could of done with another afternoon to work on the piece. Overall I am happy with the show and think we achieved what we set out to do.
I was personally inspired by the blues journey series which I mentioned on one my earlier posts (Blues journey podcast) I liked the way they had combined a narrative voiceover with interviews and music in order to tell their story, I found their program kept you interested and the same time entertained. Although we did not have the same amount of time to go into any kind of detail I still think our program captured the essence of Blues Journey and we managed to add a little humour too. Well done Simon and Esther.xx
