The document discusses audio techniques used in three different media productions: Doctor Who, The Stranger, and Tip the Waitress. For Doctor Who, slow building piano music and various sound effects are used to set the scene and heighten drama. Galactic sounds suggest a future time period. Audio cuts out before dramatic scenes to enhance tension. In The Stranger, narration with dark music is followed by sounds of a car crash. Walking and phone sounds further a tense situation. For Tip the Waitress, a bell indicates someone entering a shop. Background noise suggests a busy environment. Chair screeching and water pouring sounds further immerse the audience.

1. Audio
Jamie Brown

2. Existing Products Research
– Doctor Who
. The Radio drama begins with a very slow but also intense music that
sounds like a piano that is slowly getting louder and louder when the scene
starts getting more dramatic. There are many different sound effects
implemented into this piece such as different clanks and creaks. This really
creates that sense of scenery for the viewers and makes it easier to
understand what Is actually happening behind all the audio.
The producers have managed to suggest that the time period is almost in the
future as there are different galactic sounds that are happening to make it
almost seem like they are in space.
Before the doctor burns someone alive the music cuts out and becomes
silent to make the scene more dramatic
When the doctor is about to burn someone there is a sound that is very
evident as it is very loud, that sound is then played for about 20secs in that
time there is someone screaming, all of those sounds and the screaming
works really well because it makes the scene more dramatic.

3. Existing Products Research
– The Stranger
. The performance starts out with some narration with some dark eerie music
playing in the background, this segment last for about 15secs before the
music and the narration stops the sound of a car crashing and the wheels
screeching become evident in the piece. After we hear the sound of the car
crashing there is then movement from the characters because we then hear
people walking over some smashed glass.
There is then a use of a phone dialling sound effect and when it rings the
music slowly comes back into the background of the performance and then
there is a static noise that is happening from the phone, this makes the
situation more intense as the actor is becoming more anxious and stressed
but we can tell that he isn’t getting any service from his phone because of
the static noise. These sounds all work together because they are all linked
with each other and gives the viewer a clear understanding on what is
happening

4. Existing Products Research
Tip the Waitress
.The scene starts of with a bell that is indicating someone walking into a
shop this is clear to hear as there is no dialogue at the point so every
sounds that is made is very loud and in focus. When the actor walks into
the shop there is an audio track that can be heard and it sounds like they
are in a busy shop with lots of communication happening in the
background. The two men then sit down, I can tell this because he pulls
the chair back and you can hear it screech on the floor. The men then ask
for a drink and the waitress pours them it, everyone stops speaking and
you can only hear the water being poured from a jug. These sound
effects really create more drama in the performance such as intense loud
footsteps approaching the actors in an intense situation.

5. Bibliography
https://youtu.be/dCLOqdzAP9E
https://youtu.be/Gczt0fhawDs
https://youtu.be/vkAtIeHZ4wo
https://www.visityork.org/media/media-
visits/haunted-york
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-
news/10-yorks-spookiest-ghost-stories-
21901341

6. Ideas

7. Idea Generation/Initial Reaction

8. Experiments

9. Foley
• Once I recorded the audio clips needed for the
video, I used Premiere Pro to sync up the audio
clips with the video to make the sounds suitable
for the video. For example, I immediately came
across a hurdle when listening back to the head
scratch clip as the sound of the scratch was too
fast for the clip and had to slow the speed of the
clip for it to work. I also had to cut some of the
clips for them to fit with the video however this
did not challenge me because I already had
experience from editing the music video

10. Recording
• When I was filming in different places I
immediately noticed that different locations
would affect the audio output which I would then
later change as it was highly noticeable when
looking back at the clips. I then decided to go to a
quiet corner and record voice notes for the
zombies and these sounds came out well because
you can hear them clearly, however for some
scenes I decided to go outside and use the audio
for birds, wind etc

11. Beepbox
• My music piece went well because I wanted to make a
piece of music that would create suspense and entice
the viewers. This succeeded because the song sounds
dark but also a slower tempo that eventually rises
when the there is a more intense scene. I feel like I
could have improved the pitch of the song as it was too
dark and felt unneeded

12. Proposal

13. Planning

14. Story

15. Script Draft

16. Script Final

17. Sound Effects
Sound Effect Needed How I Will Create the Sound

18. Actors/Locations
Actor Role Location for recording

19. Music
Band Name Track Name Link

20. Resource List
Resource Owned/Cost What sound effect will it be
used for?

21. Production

22. Daily Reflection Day 1

23. Daily Reflection Day 2

24. Daily Reflection Day 3

25. Daily Reflection Day 4

26. Evaluation

27. Research

28. Planning

29. Time Management

30. Technical Qualities

31. Aural Qualities

32. Audience Appeal