Sound

There were problems with sound during our preliminary exercise; the background noise posed difficulties for the group as it was hard to distinguish the dialogue from other diegetic sound. This was due to the fact that we filmed in the middle of the day, outside, next to a frequently used road, so we had to battle with traffic noise. There were also problems with the quality of sound as the equipment used created a muffling effect over the louder noises. During the editing proccess we were able to reduce most of the unwanted resonance and amplify the necessary sound such as the dialogue. Another problem we had to overcome was the sound of the rain, because we coulnd't get the camera wet, we used an umbrella over the camera to stop water getting on the lens, however, when it started to rain more heavily the noise of the rain on the umbrella could be heard on the film, this was overcome in the editing process. We didn't add any music or sound effects to portray the feeling of normality and realism, although we did focus on the sound of the mug smashing, as it was a key point in the narrative. We kept dialogue to a minimum, because of the poor quality of the sound interfered with the flow of the narrative, and we also chose to do this so the viewers weren't distracted from the narrative.