Exegesis

Emerging Practices – The Dream

The dream is a soundtrack of a story of a man who runs his normal daily life while suddenly a bad situation appears but then he realises it was just a dream.
The idea was to create a short movie but without any film, so I am left with just using sound to tell the story. I am interested in filmmaking and know that sound is a very important aspect in film, but sound design is not my forte. So this project was the perfect chance to develop my skills in sound design. This was also my reason in choosing to create a filmless film.

The process of recording sounds on your own is new to me. As previously I have only used pre-recorded sounds in making films. Sound editing and composing was also new to me, but I do some film editing the timeline is not new to me.
I enjoyed the practice of recording, editing and composing a soundtrack, and gained new skills along the way.

The whole process has led me looking at sound design in a whole new way.  Sound is one important aspect often overlooked in different areas of production. Try turning of the sound while watching television. You will be particularly bored. Sound is very important as it creates mood and atmosphere which then creates emersion, without sound you will not be as excited, emotional and other emotions towards the particular media.
For this reason I see my project (The Dream) as an extension of another media such as a book or comic.