FILM: Persona Reenactment.
ROLE: Sound.
For this weeks project we had to mimic a scene from the movie Persona. I had done acting in the previous two weeks so now was finally my opportunity to get behind the camera and choose a role. Ultimately I decided to go for the role of Sound technician or Operator. I had never had any experience of doing this before so I snatched at the opportunity to try something new, knowing very little about the role of sound I researched sound design in some of its different areas, and also how it plays a significant importance to making a film work and bringing it together.
This film was mainly a Lighting task, but Sound came to be very useful in regards to the making of this film. You always have to be ready and on your feet with the boom pole. It can be extremely tiring to do this task because constantly hold the boom mic up high and pointed directly into the Actors chest can be very straining, even after short periods of time. To be honest I did not find myself having to do much in depth preparation when it came to the sound itself. It was simply me making sure that the sound was actually being recorded at all times, checking with the Director after each take to make sure the sound was fully captured. I did this by getting the Director to play back each take and listen to the audio carefully through headphones to make sure I got the best quality audio possible.
With this shoot coming to an end and a job well done from the team, I was fairly confident even before this film went into post production that it would be a fantastic reenactment. Thanks to the the well produced costumes, pin point directing and lighting, and of course my fingers were crossed that the sound came through okay in editing. I also feel like this is when we really started to become a strong group at this point even with it only being our third film working together.
All in all, post production and editing wrapped up nicely, thankfully with the sound turning out okay, I was relieved and happy, also maybe even surprised at how well it works with the scene, and how strange it would be without the added layer of sound. I thought this was an interesting starter role behind the camera, although I feel like I have only scratched the surface, I’m staying enthusiastic about being able to learn a lot more in the future when it comes to sound.
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