Story-telling Unit: Research on daydreams and arguments

I wanted to research daydreaming sequences and arguments as my opening 2 minutes is a mix of both. The reason behind the whole blur effect is because the character of Sophie has 'zoned out' of the conversation and is in a world of her own. This is also the reason the voice of the character Leah is muffled. So because it's a big part of the scene I wanted to see how other films and TV shows have gone about portraying the sound and visuals.

A clip that I knew used this sort of effect was a domestic abuse advert where a young girl is being pressured by her boyfriend into having sex. The camera then pans out and we see one of the characters from the scene watching themselves and shouting for themselves to do something to stop it. The audio is portrayed as being through a glass wall so it's slightly muffled and distorted - a similar effect to what I was hoping to use. Below is the clip:

Another show that uses a lot of daydreaming is Glee. The character of Finn is often seen 'checking out ' of conversations with his girlfriend Rachel as she does tend to talk a lot. Usually during these scenes the character of Finn does a voice over of what he is thinking in his head whilst Rachel is talking to him. Therefore her voice is still faintly audible but toned down so as to show he isn't paying full attention to what is happening. 

I also re-watched the short film 'Love is all you need?' as their is a scene in the film where the parents are arguing while the child is in her bedroom. The audio is distorted to sound like it is coming from another room although it was probably filmed infront of the actors and then layed over the visuals for the film. I want my audio to similar to this but as Sophie is in such a daydream I would probably have it sound more muffled than this. The scene for this starts at 13.11 if anyone is interested enough to check it out.

I have an app on my phone called Traktor DJ where you can lay effects over songs which is mainly for people interested in djing. The effect I found on the app which seems perfect for what I would like is called low pass filter and essentially what it does is stop the high frequency sounds from being let through. It's a pretty cool effect so I'm hoping to use something similar.

I did some reading on the sort of effects that Final Cut Pro x has and their is an muffled audio one so I'm hoping I can get it just right after having a mess about with the audio. 

I'm excited to get my filming done now and get editing!

Stay safe,

Helen