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CSP 4: Re-Developed Concept
After having so much sucess in the student bar we were certain we wanted to make the most of university spaces, and the people, in our project. There is also a second UAL bar at the Central Saint Martins building that we could also use for our project. This did mean we still had to find two other pubs for our…
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CSP 3: Rethinking Interview Techniques
After encountering quite a few issues trying to get interviews for our concept, we had to readjust our approach in order to get as many interviews and, most importantly, pieces of audio as possible within a releativly short period of time. After re-writing our interview questions we went to test them in the university’s student bar. This proved to be an incredibly…
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CSP 2: First Interviews (or Lack of)
We set off to west London to examine our first pub. Arriving in Hampstead for around 4pm we set about finding a good first location, after walking down through Hampstead for around 20 minutes we found a nice ‘old man’s pub that looked like it ticked all the boxes. Creaky wooden floorboards, rows and rows of beer taps and…
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CSP 1: Concept
Our original concept was to review pubs through the medium of sound rather than a traditional written review. We decided to compare and review a pub from each area of London (North, South, East, West) and also evaluate their role within that area as a third spaces and community hubs. We were going to compare the pubs by making recordings…
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Foley Studio Workshop
During our second session we took part in a Foley workshop. We were split into a large group of foley artists and a smaller group of studio engineers (my group). We were tasked with creating; fire sounds, general bar atmosphere and the sound of a zombie’s head being crushed. To record we had a fairly wide selection of microphones, around 5 in total. These…