Process Piece - Sound

For this project, I originally thought of doing a timelapse video of me making dinner. Then, I realized, for one, my kitchen wasn’t clean enough for that and the example was the sound of washing dishes. Also, I watch Tasty videos all the time! I didn’t want to just copy something that I have seen someone else do. So, I was super original and decided to record the sounds of me making dinner. I actually really enjoyed this by the end and was thinking of tons of ways I could adapt this to my future classroom. For a technical theater class, I could first play this clip that I recorded and ask them to write down all the different sounds that they hear and what likely made those sounds. Then, once they have written all the different pieces that made up this whole, we can have a discussion about the complexity of sound cues, including the advantages and limitations.

Finally, I could give them the assignment to take a piece of a script (likely a scene that I will assign) and record sounds that they feel could fit the setting and environment of the selection. The recording should be 2-3 minutes and should include at least 3 different sounds. It should be something that could be in the background to add dimensionality to the scene. I could also ask them to choose something that they do regularly and record the process of that, ei. Brushing teeth, shaving face, making popcorn. They should not speak during this recording, or cut out their voice, however, they can catch the sound of another person speaking from another room. After this, they could write a reflection about the things they learned.