AUDIO PROJECT STATEMENT

Audio Portrait of a Place

I used Audacity to stitch together audio clips and modified them with effects like fade-in and fade-out and volume levels to create a short story. I wanted to create a storyline from a point of view perspective. My story is about a person falling asleep at work and having an interesting journey in his dreams. He goes to the beach in his dream and has a dream vacation. I used 10 pieces of audio for this piece. I searched on YouTube and other places for good quality and useable clips that would fit into my story. I used some fade-in and out effects and had to modify the volume levels quite a bit to make my idea work. The most challenging part was creating a story that was coherent and worked with the audio clips I could find. I think I understand why people storyboard projects now. It’s easier that way. 

Spring 2024

Software: Audacity

Credits for sounds used 

“Busy Office Background Noise” by soundsforyou, freesound.org, Youtube, Jul 21, 2020,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3sACV0ZGwE&ab_channel=soundsforyou

“Driving Car Sound Effect (Inside)” by Free Sound Stock, FreeSoundStock.com, Dec 18, 2020,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QL4O1WW2uto&ab_channel=FreeSoundStock

“This is not real… its just a dream… please wake up | sound effect” by Mr Sound, MrSound, Dec 21, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb2n_ijLdOs&ab_channel=MrSound

“aquatic ambience” by ScizzieScizzie, ℗ 2022 Scizzie, under exclusive license to The System, Oct 17, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV4kub8RpLo&ab_channel=Scizzie-Topic

“Footsteps Walking on Asphalt | HQ Sound Effects” by Everyday Cinematic Sounds, https://everyday-cinematic-sounds.creator-spring.com, Apr 16, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLo4jmblu3E&ab_channel=EverydayCinematicSounds 

“ Car Passing Sound Effects” by Motion Array, Motion Array.com, Aug 16, 2017, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnR-mvOMrpU&ab_channel=MotionArray

“Waves and Seagulls – Sound Effect”, by Free sound effects, Free sound effects, Feb 25, 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEhAc7RbE7Q&ab_channel=Freesoundeffects

“Seagull Beach Sound Effect | Free Sound Clips | Animal Sounds” by Free Sounds Library, freesoundslibrary.com, Feb 2, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OdfxYjvPlE&ab_channel=FreeSoundsLibrary

“Slurp *Ahhh* Sound Effect” by SoundEffectz, SoundEffectz, Sep 26, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pLCFb_a_yU&ab_channel=SoundEffectz

“Opening Soda Sound Effect – [ HD ] BY GVH SOUNDS” by GVH SOUNDS, GVH SOUNDS, Dec 11, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1akdxt0ElGA&ab_channel=GVHSOUNDS