AV News 180 - May 2010
In my mind what stood out was the whizz-bang showing of "Flowers" by Mike
Brown, demonstrating the creative use of advanced motion graphics, not to
everyone's taste, but I have a preference for this style of presentation rather
than the more traditional whimsical style of an "English Country Garden" as
was his choice of music, but it set the day. Eddie Spence's masterly control
of events ensured the morning session reached it's conclusion bang on time
allowing us to be fed and watered ready for the afternoon performance.
And what a performance, not at all what I was expecting. A brief
introduction by Bryan to the duo of "not
only, but also" Linda and Edgar Gibbs,
from
Cardiff,
with
their
delightful
presentational style, wickedly bouncing off
each other, in their melodic Welsh accents.
Linda and Edgar were to concentrate on
their approach to creating soundtracks, for
which they are well qualified, having won
the award for best soundtrack, both at the
Adelaide International AV Festival, in 2007
and the RPS International AV Festival at
Cirencester in 2008, with their sequence
Talbot House.
Rita - Linda and Edgar had been invited along to tell us about their approach
to using sound effects in AV's along with the music. Having recently
transferred from Proshow Producer to using PicturesToExe, this was just
what I needed. They showed us Adobe Audition, as this is their chosen
programme, but Audacity or Cool Edit can also be used. It was all clearly
explained on the big screen and even members who are already using sound
programmes picked up some tips. They showed us some of their sequences
and at the end explained how they include special sound effects, cut and edit
the music and change the volumes to produce a soundtrack.
John - A list of pointers sets the scene and with examples, we are lured down
the track, or should I say, advised on the dynamics of creating an effective
sound track, accompanied by the mischievous vocal interplay of our
demonstrators, with Linda keeping her finger on the pulse. Edgar, introduces
us to the use of portable digital recorders (using an M Audio MicoTrack 11)
a