Independent Component 1

LITERAL
(a) I, Evan Muth, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
(b)
(c) Independent component work log
(d) I created a small sound library, that filled to the brim my iPod's memory.

INTERPRETIVE
My work is important to my senior project, as it showed me the best ways to work, how to maintain the greatest efficiency, and how not to work. For every minute of sound I have recorded, other than ambient noise, I spent at least ten minutes setting up and/or gathering equipment and supplies. My computer refuses to allow me to publish my sound library off of my cloud storage, but I can and will bring in the sounds that I have recorded on my iPod.

APPLIED
My understanding of Foley art was furthered by this project in getting my mindset into that of a professional. Rather than walking through life and just breezing by, I now look out for sounds I can use in some way. I am, as I used in answer to my EQ, "always working." I constantly notice new sounds and how they can be used, and I am able to recognize how sounds in professional films are made. An example occurred in my mentorship, when I noticed that the sounds of a chair dragged along the carpet in just the right way sounded quite like vehicle treads on a gravel road. Beyond noticing how I can make new sounds, I have noticed the intricacies in creating my own sounds. I can tell exactly what sounds I need to add in order to make something more realistic. While recording the sound of a dog walking by putting paper clips on my fingers and clacking them on wood floor, I realized I was missing the jingling of a collar, which I created using my key ring!