For this assignment, we were prompted to “Try to convey a certain emotion, such as fear, stress, sadness, etc. by combing sound effects. They can be human sounds, such as crying with laughter in the background, to maybe express someone’s fears or being embarrassed, or you can get really artsy and try to convey an emotion by sound effects– like loud noises to show intensity, thunder to show fear, or quick, chirpy noises to show happiness. Edit at least 4 sounds together to show an emotion, upload it to soundcloud and then tag it with the appropriate tags.”

I chose to covey the emotion of fear and stress. I chose to do these emotions because I thought that they are similar yet usually shown in different ways. When you think of fear you often think of screaming of shouting, but when you think of stress you usually do not think of that as an audible emotion. That being said, I wanted to show stress through sounds to try and bring it into a different light.

I started this assignment yet again on FreeSound looking for some good emotional sounds. I finally settled on a few different screams to show fear and some heavy breathing to show stress. This is what FreeSound will look like when you’ve found some sounds. 

After you’ve found the sounds you like, you need to download them and then upload them into Audacity or another audio mixing software of your choosing. Audacity is my choose because it is very simple and easy to use without much headache. The first thing you need to do is import your downloaded audio files into Audacity and that will look something like this:

Once you have done that, the audio files will appear in the main window of Audacity, and now you are ready to go to work. You can use Audacity to mix them anyway you like. Speed them up, slow them down, mix them in and out or anything you like, just have some fun with it. The mixing screen will look like this:

Because the clips I downloaded were of very different volumes, the first thing I had to do was balance out their sound level within my overall clip. To do that, you must use the sidebar on the left and fade them in or out. Heres what that looks like:

After I did that, I began to mix them in a way that was more pleasing to listen to and that I thought told a story of someone who is not only scared but also stressed. If you listen to my finished clip, the screams cut in and out of the heavy, panicked breathing which I believe personifies fear and stress very well.

Once you have a clip that you are happy with, it is time to export it so that you can upload it to SoundCloud. Here is what the export menu looks like:

Once you have done all that, simply upload it to SoundCloud and share it with the world!

Here is my finished clip, I hope you enjoy it and hear the same fear and stress in it that I did!

3 Stars

Story
Time: 2015
Nicolette was done with Lukas’s shit. She needed the money and he was unresponsive. For the past two weeks, she had been calling him non-stop. See, she did a hacking job for him. He gave her the job and told her not to ask any questions. So, she followed his instructions but he and promised to pay her and she didn’t like being taken advantage of. So, she took matter into her own hands. She ran to his apartment and stomped up the stairs to his front door. His neighbors were blaring that god awful music again and it only increased her outrage. She banged on the door but there was not answer so she let out one heavy sigh and kicked the door down. To her surprise, the apartment was vacant. Everything was gone. All traces of someone living there had disappeared. She was sure he lived here, she was sure because she had done the job in this very place with him right next to her. She sighed again. She would have to find were he ran off to. She needed that money and she would do anything to get it.

Background
This was the Emotions Through Sound assignment that was 3 points. The assignment was to use audio clips to convey an emotion. For this I used my radio show group mate’s character Nicolette. Nicolette is Cheyanne Mckinney‘s character and she describes her as a hacker. For our radio show rough draft (before it was a Clue based story), Nicolette was Lukas’s partner in the future, so I thought it would be cool if instead of being his partner in the future, she was an acquaintance that did a job for him. Since, he went back in time, he wasn’t able to pay for her job, or communicate with her at all. This is the result.

Another assignment that I chose to do was Emotions Through Sound worth 3 stars about my character. What is going in the audio that is playing is that Caleb has came to a house that he heard noise at so when he walks in he sees someone laying on the ground with class all around and a phone off the hook. Will he is trying to pick up the class there is sirens in the background. The emotions are strong in this short section of audio.

Here is my Emotions Through Sound assignment that is 3 points. For this assignment, it was actually really easy to complete. Last audio week I wanted to convey calm feelings in this assignments. This week I decided to convey suspenseful emotions. In this scene, a person is hiding in a closet from a murderer. The murderer finds him in the closet and the end is left to imagination. It was really fun to make and by far the easiest out of the assignments this week.

Sounds Used:
Door Opening
Scary Violin Sounds
Scary Looped Violins
Heavy Breathing
Man Screaming Loudly
I got the audio for walking from freesound.org but can’t seem to find the sound again.

This is a response to the Emotions Through Sound audio assignment.  I decided to make my sounds more ambiguous as to what is actually happening.  The hope is that a more abstract series of noises would come together to make for an emotional collaboration for the listener.  I had several sounds that each rolled in and out and had them slightly overlap each other.  I tried to pair the noises that sounded most like the previous noise to give it that rolling feel.  This should make the sound feel like it is flowing through its different stages.

Victoire Absinthe always feels a special, hard to describe feeling after she visits a bank, and comes back with a very, very  nice withdrawal… it sounds a little something like this…

Victoire may be a femme fatale but that doesn’t mean the woman doesn’t feel any sort of happiness! I used birds chirping, wind rustling through grass, a happy jazz tune with ukulele, and the sound of rustling coins and gun shots to show her feeling of happiness through sound.

I’ve been hinting at Victoire’s other occupation- writing trashy romances doesn’t land you in very nice hotels. Can you guess what she REALLY does for a living?

Here is the LINK to the original assignment, if you want to give it a whirl!

This assignment was 3 stars, by the way

Emotions Through Sound (3 Stars)

For this assignment I chose four sounds that represented my character Marcus Jackson.
The first sound you hear is anger and frustration. He lost one of his new friends he made while he was on his road trip. The second sound is the sadness of burying his friend and him just letting out all of his pain. The third sound is happiness and laughter when something wonderful happened to him. The last sound you hear is Marcus finally uplifting the weight of his shoulders.

I hope you guys enjoyed this clip. It took a long time to make these sounds. The background music I found from the internet. The voices were all me. The screaming part especially, was rough on my voice, but I felt it was worth it.

Audio Assignment – Emotions Through Sound

I had to try to convey a certain emotion, such as fear, stress, sadness, etc. by combing sound effects. I chose stress(FREE)! I had to use 4 sound clips and combine them to make a sound story of emotion. I went to Freesound.org and dowloaded 4 sounds, birds chirping, water flowing, beer cracking, and gulp sighing. I used audacity for the assignment and uploaded all four sounds in. I made the birds chirp and water flow for a little before I opened my beer to show that Im in no rush. Im in a total relaxed mood. I then timed the signing after to the beer opening to show a chronological ordering of events. Lastly, I added a fade out effect to the birds and water near the end so the ending wouldn’t be so abrupt. Enjoy.

Im really enjoying this new temporary life outside of Miami. Maggie Black has been a great host but is still acting kind of weird ever since she has talked to Jack… Anyways, this is me in a non-stressed mood/emotion outside in the back yard. it has quickly become my favorite place to hang out and crack a cold one!

3 STARS

This particular assignment was challenging because it is hard enough to explain an emotion with words. Expressing it through sound should be “easy” but actually conveying that was challenging. My inspiration for this came from what made me happy as a child and still effects me today.