Piece: The Sound Of Sport
By: Dennis Baxter
As soon as the piece starts, you can tell that the sound artist has used many soundscapes over the dialogue (main). The piece uses a range of sound from sport events whilst Dennis Baxter explains how to capture sound of sport in such a way that is so effective today.
You hear a lot of ambience, in a crowd at a range of sport stadiums, as well as commentary for example in the Olympics. The piece uses ESPN rips of commentary when Dennis talks about ESPN - the dialogue and sounds blend to allow the video to flow - as well as give the audience a sense of space - you know exactly what he's talking about straight away. However, it is clear to see that the dialogue is the main focus of the piece, as it is always louder, and always clear - sometimes there's even silence under the voiceover.
The music (country) is soft and calming and automatically creates a character in the audience's mind - you can hear where he comes from, and the image comes to mind - and is helped further with his accent.
It's clear to see that sport has been his passion, and the video has a nice turn in the idea of him talking about his life and how he came to be the successful sound artist he is today.
I love this piece. The juxtaposed sound and dialogue works very well together to create a space in my mind - I feel like I can picture exactly what he's talking about. It's a very powerful piece with good conventions used.
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