During the argument section, I utilized a couple argument field recording on freesound that is in chinese, it is a very vivid scene where couples are fighting about some daily problems that are slowly evolving to family issues and eventually exploited with all the tolerance. The reason I used Chinese here is because in Asian culture people usually keep quiet with the negative side with the family, they remain silent until there’s no more space to be quiet. This is a very typical example of family issues in Asian families. Therefore, this is also the reason why usually the children that are born within those families are easilier to develop into depression and anxieties disorder, they have to learn from it and receive from it at the same time. Thus, I want to present that phenomenon inside this piece. And this has been communicated in the mindmap with my partner where we both agree, especially with our chinese background, we felt really relatable.
Where in this sound work I designed the argument to be surrounding and shows like the symptom of ptsd or showing how traumatized the protagonist is as the voice still trapped her even inside her dream. To form this effect I have utilized acid distortion to add in texture and scarness, auto pan for the left and right channel surrounding the ear, auto filter exchanging in between low and high frequencies and resolution to form the close and far distance exchanges. I have even added the automation in distort to imitate the effect of how these words keep surrounding and breaking up inside of the patient’s head, and the distortion symbolizes the bitterly sarcastic of the words, and how they sound in the patient’s head. Allowing the audience to have a better understanding of how they would feel depressed after this situation.