Meeting Minutes
December 2007 | January 2008 | February 2008 | March 2008 | April 2008 | May 2008 | June 2008 | July 2008
Meeting #1
- What have we learnt in DSA?
- Considerations
- Talents/Roles?
- To Dos
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Meeting #2
- Safety issues
- Feasibility issues
- Target audience experience
- LCD monitors
- Message: Save the earth
- Recording tracks
- Story line
- Time span of the composition
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Meeting #3
- time and duration for construction
- construction alternatives
- budgeting challenges
- exhibition space important, canvas for ideas
- concrete purpose/message of piece
- overall concept
- team sonicfied
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Meeting #4
- Consulting with Chuan on our current proposal contents
- Organizations for sponsor
- Environmental activists
- 50% Concept 50% Technical
- Re-look budgeting
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Meeting #5
- Rethink the cause of the project
- Target audience: RP students/facilitators
- Brainstorm of individual motivations as artists
- Discuss the motivations by a Sound Installation project
- Possible outline of installation space
- Decided to use E3 Exhibition Hall as the location
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Meeting #6
not documented.
Meeting #7
- Project broken down into four components:
- 1 Funds, 2 Sound Library, 3 Storyboard, 4 Exhibition
- List of To Dos assigned to different members
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Meeting #8
- Balancing realism and exaggeration
- Reference in Technical research: Radio play, drama sound
- Film without sound vs. Film without visuals
- Administrative To Dos (emails)
- Production researches (to dos)
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Meeting #9
- Administrative To Dos
- Production To Dos
- Discussion for Email to Sponsors
- Discussion for Story Line
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Meeting #10
not documented.
Meeting #11
1. Huge concern: Equipment – Hire or Purchase and where?
- NUS marine research
- Boon Musical
2. Dolphin Lagoon update from Melvin
- Compose email to Kelly Ong
- Duration of recording session
3. Booking of E3 – duration and time to approach
4. Story Sequence
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Meeting #12 – To Dos
- new script and dialogues
- story sequence
- exhibition issues
- equipment issues
- more dolphin research
- funding proposal emails
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Meeting #13 – Trial Voice Over Recording
- plans for field recording session
- plans for midpoint presentation preparation
- consideration of surround 5.1
- construction of space put on hold
- news from NUS MMRL
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Meeting #14
- discuss with Dr Taylor the possibility of acquiring dolphin audio clips from MMRL
- 3 main points to consider: 1 content, 2 spatiality, 3 linear/surround
- dolphin vocalization
- opinions on DDH
- adapting to limited resources
- psychoacoustics
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Meeting #15
- linear approach and 5.1 x 3
- playback of audio (hardware)
- playback of audio (software, surround sound)
- space: location, visuals & aesthetics
- brainstorm: ideas for foley recording
- experiment: underwater recording
- midpoint presentation
- research material: compilation and collection
- list of sounds (again)
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Meeting #16
- revising roles and responsibilities
- list down and organize all research and exploration, reference artists
- documentation and weblog
- issue on equipment loaning from STA
- issue on 5.1 systems (hiring of setup, types of speakers)
- finalizing of the linear concept (blueprint)
- revising project timeline
- what’s next? (production, acquiring of equipment and space)
- NUS updates
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Meeting #17
not documented.
Meeting #18
not documented.
Meeting #19
- Post Production: Underwater Layers
- Exhibition: Updates On the Hanger Station
- Exhibition: Miscellaneous
- Exhibition: The Need for Visuals
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Meeting #20 & #21
- Updates
- Exhibition Considerations
- Logistics (To Confirm Availability)
- Advertising
- Whisper Room Sessions
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Meeting #22
- Updates
- Exhibition Considerations
- Logistics (To Confirm Availability)
- Advertising
- Whisper Room Sessions
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Meeting #23
• Lights testing
• Ideas on using the Lightings equipments are abolished.
• Casio projectors placements
• Exhibition dates and timings
• Advertisements
• Equipment needed for exhibition Hall
• Aural Ambient post production discussion
• Emails to Help-STAs and OES
• Recording on Japanese Dialogues
