This week I worked on my final graduate film project, ‘A Silent Dance’, as a sound recordist. On the first day of shooting my call time was 11am, this is when I arrived at ECA (where we were filming in the TV studio) and began setting up the sound equipment which had been booked for […]
This week I worked on ‘Echoes’, both in the art department and as an extra. As discussed previously, on the first day Claire did the makeup for our two actors, and I took reference pictures so I could recreate the looks. For our lead actress, Angelique, we decided to use one consistent makeup look for […]
This week involved preparation for my work on both ‘A Silent Dance” and “Echoes”. On the friday of this week I met with Claire, others in the art department, and some of the camera team at ECA to help with picking up kit and transporting it to Simpson Loan, which we would be using as […]
At the beginning of this week I was contacted by Claire via instagram and offered the roles of art assistant and a minor acting part instead of a runner on “Echoes”, jobs which I decided to accept. We then had a meeting with one of the producers, Desmond, to determine what props would be needed, […]
On Wednesday my call time for “Waiting for Marcus” was nine in the morning at ECA, but I arrived slightly earlier in order to help the makeup artist transport her kit. Once I had arrived and dropped off my personal belongings in the greenroom, I went with Carlos and the camera team to pick up […]
This week, graduate student Sára Ní Eithir contacted me via WhatsApp to offer me a role as sound assistant on her film “Waiting For Marcus” filming the following week. I was eager to accept this role as I am interested in gaining experience on the sound recording equipment and working as an assistant would give […]
During this week I focused on preparing for my role as a runner on the set of “Echoes”. The locations we will be filming the project over are all within the city of Edinburgh, but I wanted to ensure I had a knowledge of where exactly in the city they were and how I could […]
Over the course of week three I decided to practise how I would be creating sound for “Echoes”, specifically in regards to software. My preferred software for sound design work is Reaper, an application which I have readily available to me on my laptop, however in a discussion in a sound design workshop for one […]
This week, I focused on working out a schedule for my work on “Echoes”, as well as gathering knowledge for sound design. I did this by contacting Claire, the project’s director, after the fourth years held a scheduling meeting, and asking her what dates she was planning on shooting the film on. I got in […]
This semester I will be working on Claire Zhu’s graduate film, “Echoes” as a runner on set and a sound designer during post production. In order to prepare for my roles, I began by rewatching Claire’s recorded pitch on media hopper, specifically to make note of the influences and inspirations which she had in mind […]
