Slow and Steady Wins the Race, Right?

      Having some extra time before my actors are ready and available for filming, I wanted to make sure that my audio was 100% ready. After listening back to my two samples, I made an embarassing realization (thanks to a family member) that there isn't much of a difference between either audios. So, after more analyzation I chose the audio where I liked the sound the best and that I thought would best fit the film. It's about twenty seconds long and even after playing it about once and a half times, it won't fill all of the required time. Before playing the first recording of the voicemail, I have decided to fill the silence with a diegetic song. How will it be diegetic? I thought it would be fitting for the main character Alejandro to be listening to music as he is getting ready, and as the song ends, I could input the scene of Alejandro stopping the music and playing the voicemail. The title would then appear at that moment on the wall while the first playing of the audio plays.

Voicemail Sample 

    Thinking back on one of my lessons in class, my teacher had provided a few resources for where to find copyright free music and sounds. The sites she suggested were freesound.org, bulletproofbear.com, bensound.com, and purpleplanet.com. I took the liberty of exploring these different mediums and trying to see if there was a sound that I was inclining to. Bulletproodbear and Bensound, specifically, have royalty free music rather than just sound effects, so I focused on those two. On Bensound, I have the option to peruse between different genres and I'm leaning towards either folk or indie music. While there are some sounds that I'm liking, they all seem to be instrumental and it's a small selection. I then looked at Bulletproofbear, which also seemed to have only instrumental music, but it did have a larger selection under the indie genre.

    Now, it's FINALLY time to start filming and see my ideas in action. It's frustrating to be off schedule, but I'm glad to have been able to decide on a few more set and sound designs. Going into filming, I'll have my actors work with their scripts and then move off script for dialogue scenes, and take multiple takes as I've learned that overshooting is the best method. I'll also make sure to follow my shot list but keep in mind that it's okay to take creative liberty and improvise when a better shot is needed. Next time, I'll have some sample scenes to show!