Transcript Planning the clip

OCR Nationals:
Unit 22 – Creating Sound using ICT
A02 – Design an audio clip
Planning the clip
Overview of AO2
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Your task is to design an audio clip
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Success Criteria
Pass
You must describe the aim of your audio clip
You must create a simple storyboard covering the main elements
of your audio clip
Merit
You must describe the aim and audience of your audio clip
You must create a simple storyboard with a clear structure
covering the main elements of your audio clip
Distinction
You must describe thoroughly the aim and audience of your
audio clip
You must create a simple storyboard with a good structure
covering all the main elements of your audio clip
Scenario
You are going to design and create a 45 second
audio clip using Audacity
You are going to promote a competition, an event, local business
or a new product on a local radio station
Designing your radio advert
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You should have planned the purpose and audience of
your audio clip and sourced your chosen files
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You need to now produce a storyboard showing
different details of the planned clip that is to be created
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The storyboard should show the planned content of the
audio clip, the timeline, where you intend to use
silencing and fading, the volume settings and special
effects
Task 1- Design of audio clip
You need to draw out a design of your clip like the one above
Task 2 – Creating a storyboard
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Before creating your storyboard you need to
decide upon the sequence of the source
components and what editing you will carry out
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Make brief notes about your initial ideas and
your planned edits and effects
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Your storyboard should be in enough detail for
someone else to be able to create your clip
What it should show:
Volume
The
Planned
Content
The
Timeline
Higher
Levels
Creating a
Storyboard
Editing
The Planned Content
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Show what components will be included and
how you will combine and play each
component
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You should display the filename, the type of
component (music, sound or speech) and the
file type of the component on your storyboard
The Timeline
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This is a chronological display of all the
components that will be used in your audio clip
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The timeline must show the duration in seconds
of each component (i.e. how long each track
will play once you have edited it)
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It is also useful to show on the storyboard the
length of the original source file
Volume
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In an audio clip it is common to play more than
one sound at the same time e.g. music can be
played continuously behind other sounds such
as speech and sound effects
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If you intend to play two sounds together, you
should show on your storyboard which sound
should be played louder and which one quieter
Editing
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Special Effects – these are the editing techniques that change
the sound of a selected part of an audio track
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Cut – a selection of track to be removed and store in on the
clipboard. It can be pasted in a new track or elsewhere in the
same track
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Copy and Paste – a copied selection can be pasted in: another
track after existing audio; a new audio track; an existing portion
of a track to replace existing audio; an existing track as new
audio
For higher grades you
should also plan
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Where you will split and/or trim clips
• Splitting: When a track is split, the selected part of the track is
moved to its own track. The original selection is replaced with
silence
• Trimming: A useful technique to keep part of a track and delete
everything else. When a track is trimmed everything to the left and
right of the selection is trimmed
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Where you intend to use fading
• ‘Fade in’ and ‘Fade out’ are effects that can be applied to any type
of audio track to change the volume of the track. Fade in gradually
increases the sound and fade out gradually decreases the sound
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Where you intend to use silencing
• This is when a period of ‘quiet’ is inserted in a track. Silencing can
be used to remove unwanted sections or background noises in a
track
Example Storyboard