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5. Sounds: A writing prompt / 5. Äänet: Kirjoitusharjoitus

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(EN) Even though the image above shows a piece of sheet music, I do not ask you to play it in order to do this writing prompt (unless you want inspiration for utter chaos. That's because I placed the notes on the lines randomly). Moreover, music isn't the theme of this post this time. The theme is sounds . Sounds are a central element in many forms of media: say, movies and video games would easily feel lacking without it in the background. Sometimes, the surrounding natural voices are enough while the video recording goes; but quite often, these natural sounds aren't enough. Sounds may need to be exaggerated, even through manners which may sound funny: e.g. using coconuts to make the listener believe that a horse is walking ( this link leads to a site which is unfortunately only in Finnish, but the video shows a foley artist making such sounds). The prompt is to write based on sound effects . I've picked some sounds from the Freesound account of Yle , the Finn