Having recorded the script, music and sound effects we now have a much clearer idea of how we want the final outcome of our radio show to sound. The use of collage is becoming more and more prominent, although originally only intended for the script, since recording we came to a united decision to collage both the music and the recordings of the script, to keep creating new sounds. This choice happened very naturally, as the project has been evolving there have been these unanimous decisions for certain aspects that everyone in the group agrees on and they just work very well. As a whole our group has not faced any disagreements or challenges regarding ideas for the piece, we have all been bouncing off each other in a very fun, adaptive way.
SCRIPT RECORDING (unedited)
When it came to recording the script, we realised that our 3 pages of collaged script might not be lengthy enough to for fill the 15 minute piece. We first thought about repeating the script twice over, then about slowing down the pace of the reading to lengthen it out. Both ideas would have worked well for the project and our theme of perception, however when we began recording the music (live to the script recordings) Josh started to cut up, layer and distort the script reading and as we played music live simultaneously, it began to sound very put together and professional. Therefore we decided to stick with that process of collaging the voice, which of course fits the original collaged script and supports the concept for this piece well.
In regards to recording the music, this has been my favourite aspect of the project by far, it has been the most free flowing and natural part. We met up at a studio, I brought my electric guitar and a Zoom 505 pedal, Zain brought a kalimba that had an output, and inside the studio were multiple synths, an electric bass and a microphone we also used. As Josh began added effects to the script recording we began to play live with it, into Ableton recording multiple different layers- different instruments, different people playing and different effects. From this, our piece started to come together very fast, forming a distinct atmosphere and character, which we began to understand and then add to.
The next process for our group is to start to edit the radio piece together, as we now have almost our entire sound bank finished, including the script, music, foley and sound effects, we will soon begin to collage of these recordings together to create our radio piece. I am incredibly excited to see where this project goes, as although we have a loose plan of how we want it to sound, as a group I think we have learnt to leave leeway for the piece to grow and expand in ways were not quite in control of. Through doing this it causes less forced work, less problems within the group and just a more interesting, unique sounding piece.
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