Wild Card: Premeditation

MY ROLE

For the Wild Card assignment, I am in charge of sound. I'm relieved because I have a lot going on with all of my classes, and sound doesn't have a lot of leadership to it. However, being the perfectionist that I am, I intend to still hold a lot of responsibility in this role. Since our approach is an experimental-narrative hybrid, I intend to utilize this as an opportunity to play with sound more than your average narrative. I want to use sound to direct the attention of the audience while also mastering the effect of creating a mood in the audience. I will rely less on music for this project and more on sound effects. Our particular film will be playing a lot with filters in order to create two different realities. With each filter I will make sure to correlate a distinct style of sound. For example, in the dream-like sequences that are vibrant and more colorful with diffusing filters, I intend to create sound that is slightly more "echoey" with levels that promote tranquility as opposed to stress. The scenes that have a grungy look will have raw sound. I want to use uneven levels and emphasize certain sounds in order to heighten the anxiety of the moment. Little things, such as a can opening, a knife cutting vegetables, a door slamming, the sound of the TV, will all be exaggerated in order to set the mood. I also want to play with fading of sounds. For example, while one character is talking, our camera will be focusing on the other and the sound will fade out of the dialogue, making it sound muffled, in order for us to focus on the expression of the non-speaking character. 

I cannot wait to see how it turns out. The best part about being sound, too, is that if my schedule doesn't work out and I cannot make it to a location, I can go to that location when it is convenient to record roomtone, while also doing ADR later on with the actors if need be. Especially since we ended up having a scene on the beach.