Introduction

 Hi, my name is Nya and I'm an AICE Media Studies A student.

Last year I was a sophomore in AS level media, I worked on 2 films including The Chess Film titled 'Black, White and Red', and the first 2 minutes of a film for the AICE portfolio titled 'Bookworms' about 2 friends, one of which has a secret. My role in both was the sound designer.

Since The Chess Film was the first film, my crew and I were still figuring everything out about the film making process. It was a silent film with no dialogue, so as the sound designer I felt lost in what a could contribute to my team; and ended up not doing much in the chess film. Looking back now I feel that I could've done a lot with The Chess Film as the sound designer, but I learned from my previous mistakes when we started on the foundation portfolio. 

For the Foundation Portfolio, I did a lot with the sound in both production and post production. I learned how to record roomtone/soundscape to create the overall depth of the film and learned in general how important sound is in the film industry. Working with Adobe Audition I applied many different aspects to my film that made it auditorily complex. 

My own personal media consumption is high in socials, such as Instagram and TikTok. As the sound designer of my crew I've been more aware of and attentive to the various facets of sound in film, and have come to appreciate certain temporality of film. I hear little sounds that add beauty to movies, such background music that relates in some way to the story. 

Now for our first production this year my crew and I will be making a swede of a scene from Barbie. 

 This is me!

So for our first project this year, our director is still going to be Bella, cinematographer is still going to be Jackie, and I will take on the roll of editor since I worked in post production with sound design and can work with sound in the editing process.