Final reflection
While I encountered a number of challenges during my project, I resolved each one by adapting my creative and technical approaches, and through independent research and collaboration. I have learned invaluable Ambisonics recording and mixing skills in the process, which has encouraged me to explore shooting 360° film in future in order to exploit the full potential of each creative medium. I have further honed my interpersonal, aural narrative and production abilities by working with another artist, experimenting with new processing techniques and expanding my creative and technical practices. I have also gained renewed confidence in collaborating with other creative practitioners, which in turn has challenged perceptions of my own professional identity. I now see myself as a more fluid, adaptable practitioner, one whom is capable of working across artistic and technical disciplines to produce something valuable and unique.
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Acknowledgments
Audio samples used from Hollywood Edge sample pack:
6-40 Train Passenger, Interior Steady, Rail Clicks
6-41 Train Exterior Steady, Rail Clicks & Bells By
6-44 Train Long In & By, L To R, Horn
10 Giggling, Children (Two)
83 Footsteps; Concrete- Slow, Male- Hard Sole
89 Footsteps; Steel- Slow, Female- Flats
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