Holly Probert DFSA Productions

Yesterday and today we were given the opportunity to take part in a lighting workshop with anne. we learnt all about lighting health and safety on the first day. we discussed different hazards and how to handle them, almost like a brief risk assessment. we discussed the basic temperatures of lights so that we would be able to determine the risk of flammability. some of the possible risks would have included: heat - burning, man-handling - weight, physical injury, water, electrocution, tripping over wires, as well as how to fix a basic plug wiring system, and how to change the bulb correctly. I found this really interesting as I love analysing the risks in situations. I have also never worked with lighting like this before, and so I found it new and enjoyable. On the second day, we were discussing the different types of lighting, the 3 main types are Key, Back and fill. we leant how to position them correctly, and also how to use the light reader to show if we were lighting ...

Today we were given a task to record sounds based around a given emotion. we were using the zoom to record it. every group was given a different emotion, we were given sorrow. we walked around town with this task in mind, recording various sounds which we felt went well with the emotion. we recorded a lot of various sounds, including doors opening and closing and something about the sainsburys meal deal. I think we did an alright job, but there was one sound we came across which I really wish I had of recorded. when we walked through town we heard a dog crying for its owner whilst they entered a shop, I petted the dog to calm it down, I think this sound would have fitted perfectly to the task in hand. however I was so busy comforting the poor animal that it didn't occur to me to record it. over all I am happy with the sounds we recorded and I felt that this really helped me to start to envision my project for experimental sound.