Thursday, 15 December 2016

Mockumentary evaluation

I decided to do a mockumentary on the illuminati in which I used a variety of audio techniques such as: incorporating a copyright free soundtrack into the background on Premiere. I filmed the audio with two different mics: a handheld microphone and a shotgun mic. The handheld microphone was used in the quiet environment to record the opening voiceover and the shotgun mic was used to record the last scene of the mockumentary. There is a slight bit of background noise because of the location we filmed in (a corridor), so I tried adjusting the audio levels but it was difficult to get rid of the initial noise at the beginning of that scene.

The idea and characters are fictional and is presented in a mockumentary form. I have had inspiration from a few mockumentaries such as Thor: Civil War, People Just Do Nothing, and Brass Eye. I decided to use the illuminati for the subject of my mockumentary because it's a comical subject matter which is surrounded by mystery and intrigue. I thought this would be a perfect idea for a mockumentary because of these reasons.

The soundtrack I used was meant to provoke mystery and intrigue which surrounds the subject matter (illuminati). The soundtrack builds from very low to an epic crescendo as they come across the illuminati HQ.   The soundtrack also builds tension which subconciously implies that something is going to happen at the end, such as a reveal.

I am happy for the most part with the footage but concerned with the audio. If I had more time I would have mixed the audio track and the speech better so the audio gain of the speech would be better. I used all copyright free pictures and music, but if I had more time I would have created my own pictures because even though the images were listed as copyright free there are a few that, looking at the video after, I questioned if they were - such as the toblerone image.





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