Meeting #8

Meeting #8 / Monday, 17 March, 2008
Burger King, Wheelock Place
Attended by: Jonathan, Ryan, Samantha, and Wen Xun

Admin – To Do:
1. Compose email to be sent to sponsors
2. Send draft to team to finalize
3. Email sponsors – BY WEDNESDAY
4. Email NUS Marine Mammal Research Lab – BY WEDNESDAY
- regarding hydrophone
- dolphin ecologist?
- possible sponsorship?
- decide on place to record boat and sea
- contact Dolphin Lagoon (dolphin ecologist)

“In relation to the “Sound Library”, think about the purpose of the sounds.
Is it for creating a dramatic impact on the audience-listener? (Narrative?)
Is it for demonstrating a natural (acoustic) phenomenon? (Scientific?)
Is it for reconstructing a scene with the most accurate (aural) details?
To what ends and for what purposes?”

Sound references research: Radio play? Drama in sound? (Film without sound? Film without visuals?)
Refer to YouTube video.

Production – To Do (Research):
1. Compile a list of dolphin characteristics (how they behave, how they communicate)
- online videos
- online research
- books from library
2. A detailed list of sounds dolphins make and how to go about recording them