Blog 9: Sound Recording Experience

My experience sound recording was much more interesting than I anticipated. First, we drafted a list of all the sounds we wanted. Throughout the week, Anthony and Luqi met and went to different locations to record. Then, Anthony, Luqi and I met by Einsteins in Fisher and set up our equipment. As the director I wanted our sound to be stereo, so Anthony reserved two shotgun mics and brought his splitter so we could both hear the sound we were recording. We roamed Fisher with headphones on and gear in hand, scoping out potentially interesting sounds. I really liked the fountain sound, so we recorded it in three different places. We recorded the exact spot the water crashed, the top of the "water fall" which was more of a rushing sound, and the back of the fountain, which was an electrical hum with the sound of water drops. We also recorded typing, footsteps, conversation, pool table noises, the different hums of the coolers in Einstein's, my car unlocking, the engine running, and the hood opening and closing. Unfortunately out of those clips that I recorded, we could only find a few on the SD card, so I must have made some mistake, though I don't know what it was.