Sound Story

Listen... My Sound Story!!!

Sound Project Script

1.     Class Ends (0-10s)
    a.      Bell Rings
    b.     Background noise/Ambiance
    c.      Books being put away
    d.     Bookbag Zipping up
Walking out of school (10-30s)
    a.      Sound of footsteps walking out of class
    b.     Opening door to outside
    c.      Sound of outside noise/Ambiance
    d.     Footsteps walking outside
Entering Car (30-35s)
    a.      Car door openins
    b.     Sound of person getting in car
    c.      Car door closes
    d.     Other surrounding sounds mute
Starting car (35-46s)
    a.      Keys jingle and start the car
    b.     Sound of car starting (Engine, Beeps, etc)
    c.      Music turns up as car starts
    d.     Person opens soda
    e.      Person takes sip of soda 
Driving (46-1:08)
    a.      Person shifts gear into drive
    b.     Sounds of car revving and accelerating
    c.      Sound of texting while person is driving
    d.     Car Honks
    e.      Sound of more texting and driving
    f.        Car continuously speeds up and gets louder
Crash (1:08-1:22)
    a.      Long honk
    b.     Tire screech
    c.      Car crash & commotion
    d.     Car error chime
    e.      Blinkers flicking on and off

For my sound story, my partner and I decided to create a scene of an irresponsible student driver being released from school and ending up in a car crash because they were texting and driving. The story starts off with the school bell rining and the main character packing up and preparing to leave the building. During this part the audience can hear the background noise and ambiance playing. To create these background sounds I used preset audios from YouTube and mixed them together with custom made foley sounds of footsteps, bookbag zipping, and doors opening. As the story continues, you may also hear the student walking out of school and entering the car. You may hear the change in sound between the student's inside and outside and the car door opening and closing. 

Near the climax of the sound story, this is where most of the sound is layered. This is where you may hear the car start, the engine rev, and car chimes play. During this part you may also hear the student open a can of soda and take a zip from it while preparing to drive off. All of these actions are conveyed to the listener using audios from YouTube that have been mixed and layered into one mix. In addition, the crash is foreshadowed as you may hear car honks and the sounds of iPhone texting. Finally, the car crash happens after multiple cars honk and loud commotion is played along with car chimes and blinkers flickering, two sounds that would play in a normal car crash. 

After all, I learned how I can accurately mix sounds together to put together a mix. To mix the sounds together I used BandLabs and used around 16-18 different tracks that all played different kinds of sounds that could be heard throughout the story. I found this project not too difficult but it did take alot of time to find the perfect tracks, arrange them, and adjust the volume level of each track. However, I also have previous editing skills which is probably why it wasn't too difficult for me.