Write a brief entry on your blog describing what types of sounds you recorded that most interest you and why? What are your initial ideas for your sound scape project?

Hmm so over the weekend, I had the sound mic and equipment, i brought it almost everywhere with me. The first day we had the mic we recorded in Washington Plaza Park and we got the children playing, construction, cars honking the basic stuff that probably everyone got. Everyone took a break for lunch and i followed them into the store where I got cash register sounds, sounds of the coffee machines and refrigerator units as well as people ordering different foods. i think the most unique sound I got that day was a woman wearing her ipod listening with her headphones, and I got her humming and the sounds of the song she was listening to. I also recorded feet walking as well as the fourth of July fireworks and people’s reactions.

My initial ideas for the sound project was going to be a guide to New York City like an automated handheld system that tells of events that happen around the city. I think I might do that project again because it sounded interested in my head when i was thinking about it and it really spreads out the uses of the sound clips that my group and I obtained. That or my other idea was to create a typical day of a New Yorker, a nerdy sort of unminded busy body that merges into the crowd and kind of a simple yet intense walk through of his day.

How does music seduce the audience and change the meaning of a film?

The music captivates the audience and makes the scene more alive by giving hints to the audience whether the scene should be a certain way. To clarify, the music sets the stage for the scene, the overall captivating mood that the audience member should feel. The music invokes certain emotions and feelings within the individual when the actors perform on the screen and differentiates a moment of sadness from a moment of happiness. Also music lets us remember a particular scene in our mind, with recognition factors, we tend to remember movies and parts of movies when thinking of the music or hearing the music in general.

What role does sound play in remembering a picture? Give an example from the film or from your own memory

I kind of answered this question from the previous one. The idea that sound helps people remember specific scenes and memories from certain movies with each score especially musicals. Certain songs invoke certain memories within people and an example, a very simple example would be something like Star Wars or Iron Man, where the theme is noticable or even Star Trek Movies. When the main theme of the movie is played most people know what movie is playing and either shreek with glee or moan with discontent.

What material were composers given in order to compose the score? How did this process take place?

The composer is given multiple things: first off a orchestra, or some sort of way to play music, the music, a cue sheet, a small monitor to see the film, clock to tell the time of the film. Remakes of the compositions or films. They were also given a scene and told to produce a certain rhythmic feeling with the music as well as what the director was trying to portray. An example they used was “Laura” and the fact that one of the musical directors wanted to use a “whorish” sort of tone when in actuality the selection of music was far from the original intent of the scene.

How did the Music Editor “spot” the picture? What is the difference between a ’streamer’ and a ‘punch’ and how did they help the conductor to create the musical score?

The musical editor has to look at scene and add punches and streamers to help the composer with each part of the film. They add a white “x” to the part of the film they want to change and then “punch” a hole in it to symbolize the changing of a scene or a new tiempo or bar in the musical notes. Streamers end on a particular frame and the tiempo is consistent throughout while a punch changes the tiempo or the bar in the music. These help the conductor either change the way he conducts his music by giving him cues where to do certain musical intonations and helps the conductor change his pace of music if he needs to.